They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.

The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences.

Absolute prediction is completion . . . is death!

Unfortunately most criticism is by poseurs. They use their comments about someone else's work as a platform on which to strike poses. What they're really saying is: "Look at me! Look at me!"

We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us.

Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available.

The past is no farther away than your pillow.