Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Think big, believe big and act big for gaining victory over your difficulties.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

God has created the world in play.

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

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.