A room without books is a body without soul

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

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

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

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

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

Example is better than following it.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.