Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

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

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.