Books fall open, you fall in.

A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul.

The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, the browser, the borrower is king.

Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.

Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where you've never been.

A handful of sand is an anthology of the universe.

The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was.

Your life will be rich for others only as it is rich for you.

The cricket's gone, we only hear machines In erg and atom they exact their pay. And life is largely lived on silver screens.

Life is a garment we continuously alter, but which never seems to fit.

But man must light for man The fires no other can, And find in his own eye Where the strange crossroads lie.

Time is the source of greatness

... superb presentations - start by establishing "what is: here's the status quo." Then, they "compare that to what could be, " making "that gap as big as possible" - Quoting Nancy Duarte

Every breath you take is a step forward toward death. (Hazrat Ali-As)

In order for your dreams to come true, you've got to stay awake.

There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.

Multimillionaires cannot pay lower rates than their secretaries and other people working for them.

People forget already how much utility they get out of the Internet - how much utility they get out of e-mail, how much utility they get out of even simple things like brochureware online.

I loved New York. I made enough money and studied acting with Kenneth McMillan, which was my first formal training.

I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.

The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.