To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.