Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

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