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

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Only the educated are free.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.