Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with 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

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.