When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.