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

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing