Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

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

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.