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

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

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

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

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

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.