The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

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

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

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

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.