Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

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

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.