Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.