Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

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

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.