Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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

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.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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