The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

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

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.