A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

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

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.