Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

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

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.