Piet Hein

"Living is a thing you do now or never — which do you?"

"Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back."

"Naive you are if you believe life favours those who arent naive."

"Put up in a place where its easy to see the cryptic admonishmentT.T.T.When you feel how depressingly slowly you climb, its well to remember that Things Take Time."

"The road to wisdom? — Well, its plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less."

"Wisdom is the booby prize given when youve been unwise."

"The way to grow grand is not: to demand. In lifes every field you are what you yield."

"Freedom means youre free to do just whatever pleases you; — if, of course that is to say, what you please is what you may."

"The universe may be as great as they say. But it wouldnt be missed if it didnt exist."

"Those who always know what’s best are a universal pest."

"The noble art of losing face may some day save the human race and turn into eternal merit what weaker minds would call disgrace."

"Somebody said that Reason was dead. Reason said: No, I think not so."