Renown and repose do not go together.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

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

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.