“"Leave the goat and drag its rope".”

“A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.”

“A young plant should always be protected against goats and cows and the mischief of little urchins, by means of a fence. But when it becomes a big tree, a flock of goats or a herd of cows can freely find shelter under its spreading boughs and fill their stomachs with their leaves. So when your faith is yet in its infancy, you should protect it from the evil influences of bad company. But when you grow strong in faith, no worldliness or evil inclination will dare approach your holy presence; and many who are wicked will become godly through their holy contact with you.”

“They’re not dead,” I told the goat. “They both have pulses.” “Oh.” The goat sighed. “Well, give them a few more hours and they’ll probably be dead.” “What is wrong with you?” “Everything,” said the goat.”

“Man is a rope, tied between beast and Superman--a rope over an abyss.”

“Walkin' the Tightrope, steppin' on my friends
Walkin' the tight rope, it was a shame and a sin.
Walkin the tight rope between wrong and right.
Walkin the tight-rope both day and night.”

““You and I don’t actually need to be here for this,” I said to the goat. The goat didn’t respond, but I could tell she agreed with me.”

“A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain…. The solution is not splicing the rope; it’s lessening the tension.”

“I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.”

“[N]o democracy worth its name could continue to drag the burden of slavery around after it.”