The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?.

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?.

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve read more

Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. read more

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has read more

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.