If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

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

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.