A room without books is a body without soul

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

If youare 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.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Money is what things run into and people run out of