Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Patience is the art of hoping.