To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Only the educated are free.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

A language is like living skin itself.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

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

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

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