Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

A room without books is a body without soul

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

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

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.