Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

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

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

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

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.