Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Our distrust is very expensive.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

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

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.