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

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Our distrust is very expensive.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.