We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

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

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.