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 mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.