We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

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

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

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

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.