Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

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

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.