Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

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

To teach isto learn twice.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.