Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

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

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

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

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

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.