It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

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

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.