Each day learn something new, and just as important, relearn something old.
Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents
Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
Oh, my God, this amazing cool breeze is coming through my window and the sun is shining. I'm happy.
[Writing] books is really fun because your "voice" is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience. You will have an editor, but their job is to help you clarify or improve your voice, not change it.
It is surely important that the differences between coma, deep sleep, being under anesthesia, on the one hand, and being alert on the other, all involve changes in the brain.
Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.