Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

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

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.