Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

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

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.