Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

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

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

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.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.