Having read the inscriptions upon the tombstones of the great and little cemeteries, Wang Peng advised the Emperor to kill all the living and resurrect the dead.

We hew and saw and plane facts to make them dovetail with our prejudices, so that they become mere ornaments with which to parade our objectivity.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.

Reason is the shepherd trying to corral life's vast flock of wild irrationalities.

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.