It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

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

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.