I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Think big, believe big and act big for gaining victory over your difficulties.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

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 isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.