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

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

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

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.