A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

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 real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.