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

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.