There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

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

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.