Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

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

Allthings at first appear difficult.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.