Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

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

Thesubconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.