It is only in the depths of crisis and despair that the fear of losing one's personality breeds millennial hopes of rescue: otherwise, complacency prevails.

Arms control has to have a future, or none of us does. But it doesn't necessarily have to come in big packages of 600-page treaties.

Deep down, Erikson wants profoundly to be respected and admired - and very deep down he wants to be left alone.

Statesmen should remember that they have been elected to persuade and to lead, and not just to accept as fixed the momentary moods and pernicious prejudices of the public.

The grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down.

Our checks are pale. Our wallets are invalids. Past due, past due, is what our bills are saying and yet we kiss in every corner, scuffing the dust and the cat. Love rises like bread as we go bust.

La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.

The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly.

Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle.

You know, what if everybody's wrong in life? And so you have to live your life yourself.

With time the unbearable becomes shocking, becomes sad, and finally becomes poignant.

It takes a lot of guts to stop measuring things that are measurable, and even more guts to create things that don't measure well by conventional means.

I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.

I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.