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

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Habit: the shackles of the free

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.