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

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.