The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

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

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.