Only the educated are free.

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 fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

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