Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct.

The things we worry about the most are never the things that bite us. The sharpest teeth always take their nip of us when we are looking the other way.

Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares.

The hatred of truth is the taproot of violence.

Human cruelty and treachery surpassed all understanding. There were no answers. Only excuses.

All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of architecture is also a reflection of human nature, that most people care more about their appearance than they do about their souls.

The word impossible contains the word possible' What's that-- some Zen thing?' I think Star Trek. Mr. Spock.