Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

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

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.