In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final solutions.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow, nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect.

A person's creative ability decreases in direct proportion to the degree to which he takes himself seriously.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.