Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

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

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

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

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.