Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

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

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.