We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

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

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.