“The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.”

In the face of pain there are no heroes.

There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.

If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.

The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion.

To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.

If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.

The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.

The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.

Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.

Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy.

To die hating them, that was freedom.

There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

The mere possibility provides no warrant for denying what I clearly grasp.

Jesus sees our sin more clearly than anyone, yet He loves us more than anyone.

I knew that our community needed a very clear voice. and I think we deserved representation that rejected lobbyist funds and put our voters and our community first.

Let your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.

A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience.

Sometimes you don’t just want to risk making mistakes; you actually want to make them – if only to give you something clear and detailed to fix.

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.