A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

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

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.