Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.