Necessity truns lion into fox.

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

Ittakes time to save time.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

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

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.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.