Our distrust is very expensive.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

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

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

As a final incentive before giving up a

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.