Words worth keeping

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.

That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.

If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.

When love is not madness it is not love.