An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

Ernest Hemingway

“He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.”
―Epictetus

A wise man would have answered at least one of the three attempts to contact him on Skype.

Me

“No man is a failure who is enjoying life.”
―William Feather

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Victor Hugo

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

-Viktor E. Frankl

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Albert Einstein

"Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right."
―Henry Ford

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

Saint Teresa of Avila

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

Cyril Cusack

A twofer

"Almost all nations observe almost all principles of international law and almost all of their obligations almost all of the time."

"The choice in the Bill of Rights of the word ‘person’ rather than ‘citizen’ was not fortuitous; nor was the absence of a geographical limitation. Both reflect a commitment to respect the individual rights of all human beings.”

Louis Henkin

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Any government big enough to give you anything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.”
―Gerald R. Ford.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates

I've always said the smartest character on Hogan's Heroes was Sgt Schulz. :haha: