Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

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

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.