Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

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

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

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

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.