Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

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

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.