The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

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