It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

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

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.