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

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

The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it.

The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind.

I don't worry about inspiration, or anything like that. It's a matter of just sitting down and working.

I now believe that evolution, or deevolution, never ends short of death, that no society has ever achieved an absolute pinnacle, that all humans are not created equal. In fact, I believe attempts to create some abstract equalization create a morass of injustices that rebound on the equalizers. Equal justice and equal opportunity are ideals we should seek, but we should recognize that humans administer the ideals and that humans do not have equal ability.

Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen.