Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

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

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e