The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.

The principal cause of war is war itself.

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.

To overcome the academic prose you have first to overcome the academic pose.

If you do not specify and confront real issues, what you say will surely obscure them. If you do not embody controversy, what you say will be an acceptance of the drift to the coming human hell.

Let every man be his own methodologist, let every man be his own theorist

A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not produce men with an inner moral sense; a society that is merely expedient does not produce men of conscience. A society that narrows the meaning of 'success' to the big money and in its terms condemns failure as the chief vice, raising money to the plane of absolute value, will produce the sharp operator and the shady deal. Blessed are the cynical, for only they have what it takes to succeed.