All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

The real universe is always one step beyond logic.

I have come to believe that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

Humans live best when each has his place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person.

Fear is the penalty of consciousness forced to stare at itself.

If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't want to make my grandfather's mistakes today.

Life is a mask through which the universe expresses itself.