Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

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

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.