Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.