It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

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 will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.