Ralph Hodgson

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That’s wonderful, and I’m happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

Enjoy what other people do and learn from them.

The things you own end up owning you.

You can’t put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken!

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Above all else, I would choose you. When there’s no more grand gestures, no more words to say, when everything around us begins to give way, when the sky grows dim and the colors fade, I will choose you.

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.