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

Our distrust is very expensive.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

People say law but they mean wealth.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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