Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

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 must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

God has created the world in play.