Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

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 reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.