In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

Frogs croak day and night, yet people loath them. But when the cock crows only once, everything under the sky comes into motion. It is important to speak at the proper time, and that is all.

The problem with the good advice is it's mostly much too simple. Joe Straczinski told me about the time that he, when young, got hold of Harlan Ellison's phone number and phoned him up. He explained that he was a young writer and nobody would publish him. According to Joe, Harlan said "They won't publish you because you're writing crap. Stop writing crap and they'll publish you." Which was very good advice, and Joe took it. But it's sort of simple.

I will function as a whetstone, which can make steel sharp, though itself not capable of cutting.

Advice On Looking For Things

If you go looking for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of all the things in the universe, you’re only looking for one of them. If you go looking for anything at all, your chances of finding it are very good. Because of all the things in the world, you’re bound to find some of them.