Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

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

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

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

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.