One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

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

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.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Faith is continuation of reason.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.