The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

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

Our errors are steps on the way.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.