An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

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

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.