Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

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

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.