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 easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

A room without books is a body without soul

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.