Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

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