If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

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

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

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

As long as there is life there is danger.