It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

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

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

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!

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

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