It felt good to sit around and agree, to have a common enemy and a shared struggle. It felt good to be understood.

— Nadia Hashimi

It often seems as though the silent, humble servant is secretly wiser and more discerning than the haughty master; yet through dutiful (and sometimes insecure) surrender he continues to serve and carry out petty orders in loyal acquiescence.

— Criss Jami

It's useless to paint a closed door, in order to change its color. The door needs to be open for both sides to change as same.

— Anthony Liccione

I will never compromise Truth for the sake of getting along with people who can only get along when we agree.

— D.R. Silva

Just because I understand does not mean I agree.

— Carlos Wallace

Law, rather than harnessing the passions, is increasingly pressed into their service.

— George F. Will

Lawyers are lubricants are complicated social intercourse.

— Madam Secretary

Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want they want to hear.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mr. Benedict: "After I woke up and composed myself, however, I realized the flowers must certainly be yours, Constance, to do with as you please. At any rate --" Mr. Benedict broke off, for just then Constance jumped to her feet, snatched the bouquet from his desk, and hurled it into the wastebasket with all the force she could muster -- so hard that flower petals flew up out of the wastebasket like tiny pink butterflies. Then placing her hands against the wall to steady herself, she stomped one foot repeatedly into the wastebasket as if trying to put out a fire. "I see we are of the same opinion," said Mr. Benedict as Constance returned to her seat, and the others congratulated her on her judgment.

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Nearly everyday life leans over and says, ‘Come on down!’ But standing at the bottom looking up, it’s finally dawned on me that it’s not these invitations that have dug this hole. Rather, it’s the fact that I accepted them.

— Craig D. Lounsbrough