Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere.

Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray, or countermand almost any conscious intention of the collectivity.

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.

We are generalists. You can't draw neat lines around planet-wide problems. Planetology is a cut-and-fit science.

Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.