He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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