I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

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

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.