It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.

Adolescents are like cockroaches: They come out the minute you leave town, crawl the walls, feed indiscriminately, reproduce alarmingly unless drugged, and will certainly outlast you.

It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.

The present never ages. Each moment is like a snowflake, unique, unspoiled, unrepeatable, and can be appreciated in its surprisingness.

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.

Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.