It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

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

Renown and repose do not go together.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

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.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.