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

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.