The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

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

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.