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

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

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

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.