Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all the habits formed by civilized man.

With Free minds all are to worship their Gods.

There is something brittle in me that will break before it bends. Perhaps if the [the enemy] had brought a smaller army I might have had the sense to run. But he overdid it.

The squaring of the circle is a stage on the way to the unconscious, a point of transition leading to a goal lying as yet unformulated beyond it. It is one of those paths to the centre.

Nordie's at Noon is an honest and inspiring testament to [these authors'] experiences which, I am completely confident... will inspire thousands of women as it inspired me.

The big rumor going around is, we may begin bombing Iraq. Or, as the White House calls it, Operation Keep Enron Off The Front Page.

This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one's home and family.

I think he [Vaclav Havel] felt that he could speak more truth, in a way, through writing plays.

In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence.

I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues

I don't hear any of the popular stuff unless it's good 'cause I pay no attention to popular culture, at all.

A woman's vanity is interested in making the object of her choice the god of her idolatry.