Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

Enormous problems arise when human mistakes are made on the grand scale available to a superhero... Heroes are painful, superheroes are a catastrophe. The mistakes of superheroes involve too many of us in disaster.

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.

Education is no substitute for intelligence.

Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.