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

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

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

Nevercut what you can untie.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.