One Hundred Theories

Accidents
Two seconds of carelessness can destroy two years of careful planning.

Aging
I'm one of your worst enemies.

Anxiety
You are uncertain and insecure.

Art
Art is a language devoted to the definition of beauty and thought.

Authority
Authority is largely self-ordained.

Beauty
Beauty is sometimes nine tenths of the law.

Cash
Without cash, criminal activity would be a lot tougher.

Character
Give me your cash in exchange for my word - then you'll know if you can really trust me.

Chemistry
Chemistry is the secret of life.

Coincidence
Coincidence is the secret of life.

Communication
If I am alienated, disenfranchised, and fearful, I will not communicate.

Communism
I will work, but my idle neighbor will spend my paycheck. The more I work, the more will he spend. He won’t become like me, but I will become like him and stop working.

Courage
It’s OK to feel fear; just conquer it.

Death
Death has always been self-inflicted.

Divorce
Divorce happens when you will neither forgive nor compromise.

Dignity
Dignity and integrity are not the same thing - don’t confuse them.

Education
Education is much more about learning than about teaching.

Emotion
Emotion has very poor eyesight.

Equity
If I determine the value of things, I’m pretty much in control.

Failure
If you fail, it’s only because you stopped.

Fear
One of the worst fears is the fear of standing out from among the crowd.

Financing
If you want financing, find people who agree with you.

Friendship
Friendship is a figment of your imagination until you put it to the test.

Frustration
Where there is no desire, there is no frustration.

Generosity
Generosity is the first step on the road to Love.

God
No one knows where God is.

Government
The most basic government is a government of one.

Habit
Habits are like your heartbeat, that’s why they’re hard to break.

Happiness
If you think you have everything you need, you are happy.

Hate
No one knows where hate comes from; we only know it causes injustice and destruction.

Hope
If you believe the future can save you, then you have hope.

Humanity
The problem with humanity is that God is holy and it is not.

Humiliation
Humiliation makes one lose dignity, though not necessarily integrity.

Humility
Remember that you’re not the only one who can cook.

Idealism
Sometimes, if you put someone in a corner, he will forget about his idealism.

Inequity
Things are not equal, if you have money in your pocket, if you have a tendency to construct, a tendency to imagine, a tendency to stay healthy, a sense of permanence, and a sense of community, and I don't.

Intimidation
Intimidation is a little bit like persuasion with some perversity included.

Knowledge
I cannot teach you unless you want to learn.

Labor
I cannot paint my garage by just thinking about it.

Love
Love isn’t easily explained, but it tends to surrender everything it is and everything it has.

Loss
Loss will make you suffer until you reconcile with it.

Loyalty
As long as I am not weighed down, I will not break.

Lying
The most dishonorable lie is the one wearing the best disguise.

Management
Management is mostly about being you.

Money
The accumulation of money is a question of motherhood.

Motivation
I am motivated because I am motivated.

Music
Music is a language without a dictionary.

Pain
If you take an anesthetic, you won’t know about pain.

Patience
He who knows he will live a long time can afford to be patient.

Poverty
Poverty is the result of not having enough: enough imagination, enough motivation, enough longevity, enough community, and enough generosity.

Power
Power can make things happen.

Priority
Pain and pleasure always take priority, though not necessarily in that order.

Productivity
I am productive because I am productive.

Progress
Progress is the result of harnessing imagination, vigor, community, and money.

Reality
It's better to look for reality beyond the horizon, than inside a walnut.

Reason
If I like you, I like you.

Religion
Religion came to be when man felt he should tell God what to say and what to do.

Safety
Watch where you're going and keep your distance from danger and you’ll be safe.

Saving
Dead people can't spend money; therefore, don’t save extravagantly.

Schools
Good teachers don’t make good schools. Good students make good schools.

Sex
Sex is one means of making you feel like an angel but also of destroying you like a devil.

Sickness
If you wait long enough, you will die.

Sleep
I am in neutral gear but I'm not dead.

Society
Institutions are a mirror image of the publics they serve.

Standards
Standards are set by the authorities.

Success
If I sell you a lot of what you want to buy, I am successful.

Talent
If you have talent and don't use it, it’s like preparing a meal and not eating it.

Thinking
Thinking is like talking to yourself without moving your lips.

Understanding
Understanding knows when it’s in the wrong place, and comes to terms with inequity, hate, regret, and death.

Value
Subjective value is largely determined by a thing’s or person’s location.