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

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

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

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.