No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

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

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

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.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.