Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

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

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.