A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual. A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist. A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves [...]

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist. A proverb is much matter distilled into few words. By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties. Dictators never invent their own opportunities. Don’t fight forces, use them. Either war is obsolete, or men [...]

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. And yet it moves. By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty. [...]

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. A good conscience is a continual Christmas. A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. A learned [...]