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

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.