Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

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