The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

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

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

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

The comforter's head never aches.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.