Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

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

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

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