A good conscience is the best divinity.

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

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

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.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.