We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its urgency, 'here and now' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Life is a series of collisions with the future.

I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

To wonder is to begin to understand.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

How could I forget the man who can break uncountable bones just in a few seconds.

The past is of value only as it aids in understanding the present

Im a huge Rugby Union fan, which is a bit like American football - but tougher.

It is hard to keep a straight face during comedy scenes. It's considered really bad form to laugh at someone else because you can ruin their best take. But sometimes it's very hard not to.

Not as much as I used to, but I use the Internet for everything. I use it for information. Like if I'm planning a trip or something, I'll check out the place I'm going to.

You're not gonna give somebody more money if they don't ask for it.

Years steal fire from the mind as vigor from the limb; and life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.

I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well

Children, behold the Chimpanzee: He sits on the ancestral tree From which we sprang in ages gone.

But where is what I started for so long ago? And why is it yet unfound?