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

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

Thereare two sides to every question.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.