He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.