A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.