Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

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

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

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

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.