The Cliche Is Dead Poetry.

The More We Feel Sorry For Ourselves, The Less Sorry Others Will Feel For Us. People Don't Waste Their Small Store Of Sympathy On Those Who Can Provide It So Richly For Themselves.

We Soon Cease To Feel The Grief At The Deaths Of Our Friends, Yet We Continue To The End Of Our Lives To Miss Them. They Are Still With Us In Their Absence.

One Road To Happiness Is To Cultivate Curiosity About Everything. Not Only About People But About Subjects, Not Only About The Arts But About History And Foreign Customs. Not Only About Countries And Cities, But About Plants And Animals. Not Only About Lichened Rocks And Curious Markings On The Bark Of Trees, But About Stars And Atoms. Not Only About Your Friends But About That Strange Labyrinth We Inhabit Which We Call Ourselves. Then, If We Do That, We Will Never Suffer A Moment's Boredom.

When I Write A Page That Reads Badly I Know That It Is Myself Who Has Written It. When It Reads Well It Has Come Through From Somewhere Else.

Intellectuals Are People Who Believe That Ideas Are Of More Importance Than Values. That Is To Say, Their Own Ideas And Other People's Values.