In God we trust; all others pay cash.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

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