I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. Paradoxically, the one sure way not to be happy is deliberately to map out a way of life in which one would please oneself completely and exclusively.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

There is a widespread understanding among the people of this nation, and probably among the people of the world, that there is no safety except through the prevention of war.

If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may seem, you will be able to grasp opportunity for broader experience when it appears. Without preparation you cannot do it.

You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.