A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

It's good to shut up sometimes.

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

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.