The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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