If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

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

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

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

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.