We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.

The most important survival ability for any life form is the ability to change.

A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob.

Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy

Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.

Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity.

In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.