Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

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

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.