A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

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

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Ittakes time to save time.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.