Counterfeit tolerance includes the opportunism of one who seeks, or accepts, tolerance for himself, as a minority, but who would deny it to others if ever he should be in a position to grant it.

The history of totalitarian regimes is reflected in the evolution and perfection of the instruments of terror and more especially the police.

It is important to create a family and bring up a child: these things are good and even necessary

A sweet life is a sweaty life.

The lads really ran their socks into the ground.

I'm an all powerful amazon warrior, not just some sniveling girl.

If you pray for rain, be prepared to deal with some mud.

To know well the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to know well the nature of princes one must be of the people.

If seeing that other person's pain brings up your fear or anger or confusion (which often happens), just start doing tonglen for yourself and all the other people who are stuck in the very same way.

A hard word follows us and later falls upon him who pronounced it, like a ray of vengeance.

Those that he loved so long and sees no more, Loved and still loves,-not dead, but gone before,- He gathers round him.