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

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Genius is a long impatience.