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

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.