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

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.