We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

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 man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

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