The day hums sweetly when you have enough bees working for you.

There's hope left in these dusty chords. There's a song left in our rusty hearts. We are torn and frayed but love remains.

Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

You should never be in the company of anyone with whom you would not want to die.

The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these power structures tend to be taken over by people who are corruptible. I don't think that the old saw about 'power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely' is accurate: I think power attracts the corruptible.