What does a bigot do when he meets someone who challenges his opinions? He doesn’t give. He stays rigid. Doesn’t even try to listen, just lashes out.

Nobody believes — even the people who believe in him somehow believe in him without believing what he says.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

[He] is not going to exit to applause, even if the entire human race should favor him.

"People often silence themselves, or "agree to disagree" without fully exploring the actual nature of the disagreement, for the sake of protecting a relationship and maintaining connection. But when we avoid certain conversations, and never fully learn how the other person feels about all of the issues, we sometimes end up making assumptions that not only perpetuate but deepen misunderstandings, and that can generate resentment."

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

Like many humorless and indignant people, he is hard on everybody but himself, and does not perceive it when he fails his own ideal.

It was his subconscious which told him this — -that infuriating part of a person's brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing.

There's many a man who never tells his adventures, for he can't hope to be believed.

For he, who sees a need, but waits to be asked, is already set on cruel refusal.

If a man never contradicts himself, the reason must be that he virtually never says anything at all.

Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.