Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

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

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Genius is a long impatience.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.