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

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.