Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

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.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

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