The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

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

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

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

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

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