Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

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

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.