Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

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

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.