I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

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

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.