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

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

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.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.