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I'm by no means convinced that capitalism and the development of technology has made anarchism easier.
Your work is not your job. Your job is what they pay you to do; your work is what you were born to do.
Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.
I'm the hunter," Elena reminded him. "I should go first." "Of course you may go first. When I am dead.
But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.
There's some really good stuff in the way I was brought up. There's some really rubbish stuff as well.
If you don’t want your life to be 'messed up', don’t fool around with those who have messed up theirs.
The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.
The man who actually knows just what he wants in life has already gone a long way toward attaining it.
A mind dominated by positive emotions, becomes a favorable abode for the state of mind known as faith.
The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.
Power grows out of Organized Knowledge, but mind you, it grows out of it, through Application and Use.
Forecasting by bureaucrats tends to be used for anxiety relief rather than for adequate policy making.
Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.
Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it.
I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.
Software development, like professional sports, has a way of making thirty-year-old men feel decrepit.
Pain results from a judgment you have made about a thing. Remove the judgment and the pain disappears.
Keep moving. Don't stop. But don't rush. Don't race around. Sure and steady gets you there every time.
We wrapped our dreams in words and patterned the words so that they would live forever, unforgettable.
I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.
I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyways.
Anyone who calls you "little lady" has already excluded you from the set of people worth listening to.
There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that, but you are the only you.
We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.
I don't think you should ever insult people unintentionally: if you're doing it, you ought to mean it.
The ties of blood," said Spider, "are stronger than water." Water's not strong," objected Fat Charlie.
What I'd love to do is every now and then go, 'Oh my God, I've got this amazing idea for 'Doctor Who.'
As a culture moves from orality to writing to printing to televising, its ideas of truth move with it.
Emailing a meaningful photograph to someone who is not expecting it can change a relationship forever.
A lot of problems in the world would be solved if we talked to each other instead of about each other.
Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present.
I believe that sex is for marriage, and that's regardless of whether it's homosexual or hetero sexual.
Put all your eggs in one basket... the handle's going to break. Then all you've got is scrambled eggs.
Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.
Confidently receive God's abundant blessings. Think abundance, prosperity, and the best of everything.
Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things. - Humbug
There's something ugly about a pretty boy who knows he's pretty and assumes everyone else know it too.
When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky.
I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.
I shall live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.
They are called finishing-schools and the name tells accurately what they are. They finish everything.
We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
The first part of success is 'Get-to-it-iveness'; the second part of success is 'Stick-to-it-iveness'.
Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.
Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
Bad habits: easy to develop and hard to live with. Good habits: hard to develop and easy to live with.
Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new.