The present is never a happy state to any being

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

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

Self-trust is the first secret of success.