It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

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

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

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.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.