Much learning does not teach understanding.

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

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.