The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.