Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.