Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

As a final incentive before giving up a

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

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.