An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

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

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.