The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Control the coinage and the courts — let the rabble have the rest.

Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.

And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.

There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.