Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that dont really matter.
A man always has two reasons for what he does-a good one, and the real one.
I accept chaos, I’m not sure whether it accepts me.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you dont carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.
I never wanted this kind of life that I’m still living.
I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.
There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.
I’m beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.
Coaching your wife is like trying to baptize a cat.
Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Should a man quit at 40 he is failure-Retire at that age is sorry failure.
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration.
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is done with sensitivity, I think it would be most appropriate.
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say.