Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Well done is better than well said.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

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

A good conscience is the best divinity.