The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.