Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

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

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.