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

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Luck never mad a mad man wise

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Power tires only those who do not have it.