Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

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

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.