Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

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

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.