All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.

How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?

Spartacus, like Jesus, was also crucified by the Romans. And for equally good reasons.

It is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life- that is the deepest personal tragedy.

most of my wandering in the desert i've done alone. not so much from choice as from necessity - i generally prefer to go into places where no one else wants to go. i find that in contemplating the natural world my pleasure is greater if there are not too many others contemplating it with me, at the same time.

A woman, as much as a man, is responsible by the age of forty for the character of her face. But women, obeying the biological imperative, strive harder to preserve a youthful appearance (the reproductive look) and lose it sooner.

An economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human.