Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

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

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.