The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

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

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.