He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

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

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

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

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

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