Talk of revolution is one of avoiding reality.

Preservationists are the only people in the world who are invariably confirmed in their wisdom after the fact.

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.

Genius is a rising stock market.

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Decision has greater virtue and force if taken after there has been eloquent dissent.