The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

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

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

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

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.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

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

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.