The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

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

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

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

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.