Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

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

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.