Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

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

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government