What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.