Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.

For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.