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

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

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.

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

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.