It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Neversay more than is necessary.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

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

Necessity truns lion into fox.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.