Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering.
Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.
Being upbeat is the key to life.
There have been many definitions of hell, but for the English the best definition is that it is the place where the Germans are the police, the Swedish are the comedians, the Italians are the defense force, Frenchmen dig the roads, the Belgians are the pop singers, the Spanish run the railways, the Turks cook the food, the Irish are the waiters, the Greeks run the government, and the common language is Dutch.
That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence.
Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.
Political Correctness is inverted McCarthyism.
If these were my last moments on earth, I’d spend them fighting to save him with everything I had. If our roles were reversed, I knew he’d do the same".