Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you
shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you
shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it.

A cause a day keeps reality away.

A cause a day keeps reality away.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and
mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and
mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the
horse in that direction.

Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the
horse in that direction.

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive
when my husband gets home from work, then read more

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive
when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.

If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.

If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which
all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in
which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is
designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and
uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We
survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it
any other way.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes read more

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes unpunished.