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

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.