A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

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

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.