No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Nevercut what you can untie.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Thesubconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

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

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.