Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet 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

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.