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

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.