A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

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