Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

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

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

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

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.