Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

A room without books is a body without soul

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

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

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.