Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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

Patience is the art of hoping.

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

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.