The most important part of every business is to know what ought to be done.

Dogs should be called by names which are not very long, so that each may obey more quickly when he is called, but they should not have shorter names than those which are pronounced in two syllables.

The earth neither grows old or wears out if it is dunged.

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

The decision as to whether to risk one’s actual life or to surrender the ideal self-conception is a decision about who one is.(from The structure of desire and recognition)

Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error.

True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time.

You know Alou's name spelled backwards is Uola? That sounds like a first name, Uola.

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do.

"Learn what can, and cannot, be asked from destiny."

Technically, I split my time between N.Y.C. and Boston.

Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.

We are making progress militarily, there is no doubt about that. You've seen the reports from Misrata, although reports of the Gaddafi forces completely pulling out of Misrata seem to be exaggerated.