A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

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

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.