The hardest things to write are often the best things to read. And the most deserving to be written.

Be nice to people on the way up. Not because you might meet them on the way back down, but.. because what's the point in going through life being a c**t to everyone

At 23 I thought I knew everything, by 33 I realised I knew nothing.

In the past people used to rob banks, now the banks rob the people.

Liberty will always triumph over fear and fundamentalism. Our desire to be free is greater than their desire to terrorise and our capacity to love far exceeds their capacity to hate.

Once you sell people fear, they'll buy just about anything.

Wine is not a magic serum of truth. It just silences that smart little voice in your head which advises against saying some dumb shit.

Be glad that once you did experience that magic. It's part of who you are now, and you're richer for it.

Things that are worth doing are never easy.

the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

Let our hearts touch far horizons. Let our love know no borders, Draw the Circles wide until, No one stands alone.

It's important to let your subjects be themselves.

People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?

But do you know, I shall not be sorry to die. I shall be glad, Monsieur. And why glad, you ask? Because I love France and hate the Germans who have put this war on us.

In battle, topography is fate.

A community is a small group working together. Community scales by adding groups, and building connections between them, not enlarging them.