A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

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

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.