Nostrength within, no respect without.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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