It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

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

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

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

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.