[The universe is] haphazard, morally neutral, and unimaginably violent.
Runners are poor walkers.
How wise must one be to be always kind.
Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom.
Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.
Genius points the way, talent takes it.
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
Cabinet members are soon overwhelmed by the insistent demands of running their departments. On the whole, a period in high office consumers intellectual capital; it does not create it. . . . The less ministers know at the outset, the more dependent they are on the only sources of available knowledge; the permanent officials.
It’s always this thing where we’re constantly waiting for something that will come in electronic music that says, ‘Daft Punk sucks!’ That’s actually much more interesting and exciting than someone who is paying homage.
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.