Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

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

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

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

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.