Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

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

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.