One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Ability is poor men's wealth

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

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