A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

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

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

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.