The fates have a way of demanding of a man that he suffer his greatest moments all by himself; being lone seems as often attendant upon reality as being in company is attendant upon the flight from reality.
Murray KemptonA revolution requires of its leaders a record of unbroken infallibility; if they do not possess it, they are expected to invent it.
Murray KemptonTo say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.
Murray KemptonAny experience deeply felt makes some men better and some men worse. When it has ended, they share nothing but the recollection of a commitment in which each was tested and to some degree found wanting. [...] The consequences of the journey change the voyager so much more than the embarking or the arrival.
Murray Kempton