It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.