Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

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

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

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.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.