Self-trust is the first secret of success.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

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

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

As a final incentive before giving up a

A danger forseen is half avoided.