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.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Example is better than following it.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

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

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.