You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

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

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