Our distrust is very expensive.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

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.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.