Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

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

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

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

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

You can't unscramble an egg.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.