Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.