Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

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

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

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

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Power comes from sincere service

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!