Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Thesubconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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