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

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou