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

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

A room without books is a body without soul

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.