Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.