Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

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

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