The greatest prayer is patience.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

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

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.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.