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

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

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

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

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

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.