In The End, Humans Will Become Humans Own Worst Enemy.

They're Coming.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

It's one thing to stick to your guns. It's quite another to hold those guns to the heads of your citizens.

Religion is separate from the institution of the state.

That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor the couch of the goddesses.

All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.

Democratic openings that come about in that way - the overthrow of a totalitarian government by external powers - it makes it really hard to make those first steps toward democracy.

What does long life avail? The best seats at the funerals of friends.

The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

It's amazing how life conspires to set you up with what you need.

The difference between success and failure is not which stock you buy or which piece of real estate you buy, it's asset allocation.