Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

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

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.