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

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.