The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

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

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.