He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Nevercut what you can untie.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Example is better than following it.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

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

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,

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.