Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

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

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.