Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with 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

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.