No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

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

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.