Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

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 man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.