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 never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.