The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

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.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.