Gordon R. Dickson

Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.

Sometimes, the only way to discover who you are or what life you should lead is to do less planning and more living…

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively.

I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter’s evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream… I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people’s tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.

I’m slipping. I’m made of departed dreams and a stubborn fog that feels nothing like a veil.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possesion of the truth.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

In the end, you’re just a renter anyway. You only own these things for as long as you live. After that, who knows? If I live until I’m 80, I’ll have 30 more years of collecting. If the collection is big enough, I’ll build a museum. And if not, I’ll leave it to a museum.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

I’d rather live with a good question than a bad answer.