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

Constant repetition carries conviction.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

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

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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