Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

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

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