Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised
as insoluble problems.

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised
as insoluble problems.

Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.

Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the
valley.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the
valley.

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a read more

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon read more

Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon --but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx --the world went around, it didn't stop for a second. It's sad but true. John Kennedy, right?

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

What I am trying to do is to unmuddle the metaphysical.

What I am trying to do is to unmuddle the metaphysical.