Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

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

Our distrust is very expensive.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

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

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.