The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

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

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.