Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

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

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.