Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

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

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

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.