Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

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

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.