This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

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

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

He understands badly who listens badly.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

You made your bed, now lie in it.