We all know them — the unstructured person whose every action seems aimless and the totally organized person whose every action defeats some purpose.

How do you achieve success? Well, for one thing, you don't define it before you achieve it.

Among those born into chaos, some will imagine an order and become scientists; a few will recognize the chaos and become abstract artists; most others will turn to faith for understanding; and the rest will become lost souls.

After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important.

To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it.

When compiling his great dictionary, the young Noah Webster travels to the Himalayas, where he climbs to the cave of the world's wises man. 'O, great sage,' he says, 'tell me the meaning of life.' The sage sits Noah at his feet and, with great solemnity, commences to unfold the meaning of life. When finished, he places a hand on the young man's shoulder and says, 'Do you have any other questions, my son?' Noah flips a page in his notebook and says, 'You wouldn't know the meaning of lift, would you?'

Leash: n, a means by which animals, formerly running wild, are prevented from running tame, also.