Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

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've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

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.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.