Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

A goat does not eat into a hen's stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

Generally, I don't attempt to produce a certain number of words a day. The discipline is to work whether you are producing a lot or not, because the day you produce a lot is not necessarily the day you do your best work. So it's trying to do it as regularly as you can without making it - without imposing too rigid a timetable on your self. That would be my ideal.

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!