A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Genius is a long impatience.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

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

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.