To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

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

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money