The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

The property of power is to protect.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.