Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Every advantage has its tax

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.