It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

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 real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.