Beginning with End in focus, a proof of self confidence

Sometimes silence can kill that a sword cannot

In life, never lose hope that you are nearing a dead end, Only when you reach the end of the road you realize a road to its left and to its right.

It's political, sir. Apparently he wants a return to the values and traditions that made the city great, sir." "Does he _know_ what those values and traditions _were_?" said Vimes, aghast.

There is an equation that I like to use when looking at my life's progress:Current Worth - Past Worth = Progress or Regression

You can learn from mistakes only when you realize you made one.

The qualities that one needs to be a good goalkeeper are exactly the same as to be a good sculptor. In both professions one should have a good relationship with time and space.

The cold blast at the casement beats;The window-panes are white;The snow whirls through the empty streets;It is a dreary night!

He managed to do this 'tour de force' of styles without ever breaking the narrative structure of the chapter he was writing. It is the most brilliant parody of writing styles that I have ever read.

The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is, survives him. It can never be buried.

To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.

It is difficult for me to imagine what "personal liberty" the unemployed can have who go hungry and cannot find utilization of their labor.

Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side