I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy
me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy
me.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

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.

There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him read more

There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.

I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.

I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept read more

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.

Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure read more

Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but pouring
all right out just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a
faithful friendly hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping
and, with a breath of comfort, blow the rest away.

We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men read more

We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.