Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

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

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

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.