In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

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

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.