The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate for what they miss by realizing and cultivating their capacities and talents.

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.

Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.