Academic staff rather enjoy coming to conclusions, but they don't like coming to decisions at all.

There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.

If you miss your bus, just start walking.

Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.

Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence.

Did you hear that we're writing Iraq's new Constitution? Why not just give them ours? We're not using it anymore.

Bad choices almost always result from making a choice out of fear.

Where there is no passion, the church perishes, even though it be full to the doors.

Nations which don't find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.

Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.