Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.