The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.