We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

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

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.