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

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Takecare, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you willforever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make adifference, if you choose to do so.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.