He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

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

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.