An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

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

God has created the world in play.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.