Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.