Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

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

Thework will teach you how to do it.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.