Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.