Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

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

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Neversay more than is necessary.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.