Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

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

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.