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

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

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

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.