Sometimes it is no great shame to give in, even to despair, provided that it is just for a little while. Sometimes a little surrender is good for the soul.

When you hunt wisely, there is no need to run afterwards.

If parents want “success stories” to share at gatherings they should provide themselves with those, and they should not use their children for that purpose.

What is beautiful?Everything that has been loved by someone, That is beautiful.

You can beat a man to death with a crystal /Or build him shelter with the butt of a pistol

I wake up in the morning asking myself what can I do today, how can I help the world today.

People, the people we really love, where did they come from? What did we do to deserve them?

People forget that it is the eye which makes the horizon, and the rounding mind's eye which makes this or that man a type or representative of humanity with the name of hero or saint.

Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion.

Sorry am I to say, I have often observed that I have performed worst when I most ardently wished to do better than ever.

There is much more to life than what gets measured in accounts. Even economists know that.