Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

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

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

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

The comforter's head never aches.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.