Life is like a game of cards. Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them. Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. Of those who say nothing, few are silent.
Art is the essence of awareness.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. The most painful thing about mathematics is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it. It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. There are no short ways to perfection, but there are sure ones. Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.