A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.

A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him read more

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. - The Silence of the Sea.

All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. - The Silence of the Sea.

Failure is an event, never a person.

Failure is an event, never a person.

People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women read more

People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.

People have a natural tendency to flee to the mountains when things get tough.

People have a natural tendency to flee to the mountains when things get tough.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got read more

Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. However, to be sincere I must add that for me death is important only if it is not justified and rationalized by reason. For me death is the maximum of epicness and death.

I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.

I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.