Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free