You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war