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

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.