The commercial work of today is the classics of tomorrow.

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean?

Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?" asked Wang-mu. "I think those are the pertinent virtues, yes," said Peter. "Then let's do it. That's us in spades.

That's what so many people didn't understand about life. The real world is the one within the walls of homes; the outside world, of careers and politics and money and fame, that was the fake world, where nothing lasted, and things were real only to the extent they harmed or helped people inside their homes.

An eye for an eye? How Christian of you.' Unbelievers always want other people to act like Christians.

Love is random; fear is inevitable.