The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

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

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

To beprepared is half the victory.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.