It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

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

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

To be preparedis half the victory.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.