One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.