Wisdom

An epistemic methodology that sees the pursuit of knowledge as entirely congruent with the search for power is a great deal more cunning than wise. It can needlessly undermine the value of knowledge in satisfying curiosity and interest it significantly weakens one of the profound characteristics of human beings.

The most dangerous enemy is that which no one fears.

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.

It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive justice and should not be made into a bastion of conservatism, particularly a conservatism which defends unjust privileges.

I am learning that man can live profoundly without masses of things.

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.

I’m convinced that there is nothing ​truly good. Hell, sunshine can wilt a flower.

The truth is the most desirable woman in the world and we are the most jealous lovers, reflexively denying anyone else the slightest glimpse of her. We betray her routinely, spending hours and days stupor-deep in lies, and then turn back to her holding out the lover's ultimate Möbius strip: But I only did it because I love you so much.

In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there's no patience for the long, slow rebuilding process: implementing after-school programs, hiring more community workers to act as mentors, adding more job training programs in marginalized areas.

So why isn't the world overrun with evil spirits?'Moira stared at her, a half-smile on her face. 'Who says it isn't?

Propaganda is a sprinter, but truth is a long-distance runner.

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed 'his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of serenity and energy.

Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.

Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified.

Of all things we mortals are called upon to do, the most difficult is forgiveness; in order to truly do it, you will probably have to behave as if you already have forgiven for quite a while before you have actually done so.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

She was a do-gooder, which means that all the ill she did, she did without realizing it.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Damn, the good words are all asterisked!”“The men only understand the asterisks. My worry is if they understand the rest!