Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

God has created the world in play.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

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

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.