Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

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

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

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

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.