Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

A room without books is a body without soul

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies 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

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.