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

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

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

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Money is what things run into and people run out of