A cat will teach her young ones all the tricks, except how to jump backwards.
An old man is there to talk.
Have you come over time to think that you know more now than you did when you were young, know less now than when young, know now there is so much more to know than you knew there was to know when young that it is moot whether you think you knew more...
Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cyn...
Children are being killed, because some "adults" think life is a game. Something is amiss. When children shoot up other children in school, it's a national tragedy, and a week of mourning. When grown men are killing unarmed young, yes unarmed young, ...
[Royal is telling his children that he and their mother are splitting up] Young Margot Tenenbaum: Is it our fault? Royal: No, no. Obviously, we made certain sacrifices as a result of having children, but no, Lord, no. Young Richie Tenenbaum: Then why...
The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they - at some distant point in the future - will take over the reigns. Yet the fac...
I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
No woman can make a wise man out of a fool, but every woman can change a wise man into a fool.
A good dog does not bite a chicken and a good man does not hit his wife.
When a rich man falls they say it was an accident; when a poor man falls they say that he was drunk.
Every man dies. Not every man lives.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.
This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.
Sleep makes the silence and the terrible fear go by more quickly, helps pass the time, since it's impossible to kill.
The written revelation of God is in the world, but men heed it not. Instead, they look for knowledge where it is not to be found.
Mastery is not something that strikes in an instant, like a thunderbolt, but a gathering power that moves steadily through time, like weather.
A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.
That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams. The girls of 1929.
