A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

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

They know enough who know how to learn.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

You can't unscramble an egg.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.