Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

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

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.