The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Those who trust us educate us.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

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

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.