Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

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

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

EDUCATION BEGINS WITH LIFE.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.