How beautiful the world was when one looked at it without searching, just looked, simply and innocently.
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.
When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
Some people prefer the passenger role, because it imposes no real pressure to decide or stand accountable for their life results.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen. So I’m always game for a good joke, and I’m not so formal in this role. There’s very little that we can’t do that people wouldn’t appreciate.
There are lies, damned lies and statistics.
Effective negotiators have a style that those whom they are trying to influence, relate to and admire.
I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.
It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop.
We’ll love you just the way you are if you’re perfect.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
I comfortable with everything – say whatever you want.
As parents we’re not nearly as computer literate as our children are.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
[on Diana’s Death] I remember just feeling completely numb, disorientated, dizzy.
A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
