Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

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

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

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.