Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

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

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

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

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

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.