There is no knowledge that is not power.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

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

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.