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

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

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

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.