Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

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

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.