You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Thereare two sides to every question.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

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

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.