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.

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

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

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

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.