All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

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

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.