Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

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 Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.