Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

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

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

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.