The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

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

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

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 can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.