Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

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

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

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

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.