Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

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.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.