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 tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.