The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again

Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They all may collapse altogether.

What is false in the science of facts may be true in the science of values.

Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

Chaos is perhaps at the bottom of everything.

In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and supersede such as are local or delegated.