Decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

The influence exercised over the human mind by apt analogies is and has always been immense. Whether they translate an established truth into simple language or whether they adventurously aspire to reveal the unknown, they are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.

The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.

Today I may way before an awestruck world; I am still master of my fate. I am still captain of my soul.

When you leave off dreaming, the universe ceases to exist.

Fancy living in one of these streets, never seeing anything beautiful, never eating anything savoury, never saying anything clever!