Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

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

As a final incentive before giving up a

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.