Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

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

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall 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

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.