Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

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

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

The property of power is to protect.

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

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.