Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

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

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Neversay more than is necessary.