Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

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

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.