Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

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