Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and they are usually denigrated for their efforts.

History is written by the victors, but it's victims who write the memoirs.

In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to maintain our feelings of decency and self-worth.

Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.

As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence.

Depression is not 'anger turned inward'; if anything, anger is depression turned outward. Follow the trail of anger inward, and there you will find the small, still voice of pain.

Doubt is not the enemy of justice; overconfidence is.

Baseball lasts as long as it takes. Like life, like love, baseball exists in real time.

For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.

Science is a form of arrogance control.

The second-sweetest set of three words in English is 'I don't know.'

‎He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them.

Worry only wears the body, soul and the spirit.

The world has long ceased to be the author of your anguish.

Even a clock that's broken is right twice a day.

Know your roll and shut your mouth!

I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into a model into the building.

I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second

The mark of a successful organization isn't whether or not it has problems, its whether it has the same problems it had last year.

Infatuation was a good thing. It gave spice to life, and added to its enjoyment... But it was different from love. Love was worth everything, and couldn't be exchanged for anything.

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.