Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

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

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

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

Necessity truns lion into fox.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.