All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

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

Neversay more than is necessary.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.