Where all think alike there is little danger of innovation.

Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed.

The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Only a fool would leave the enjoyment of rainbows to the opticians. Or give the science of optics the last word on the matter.

There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization. Civilization remains a remote ideal.

It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?