The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

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'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

You can't unscramble an egg.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

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

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.