Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

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

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

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

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.