Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

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

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

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

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.