General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver. General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

...it is simplicity that is difficult to make.

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.

None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.

When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.

The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.