Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

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

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer