A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

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

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

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

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.