It's good to shut up sometimes.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

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.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.