Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

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.

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