You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

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.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

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