The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.