Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are.

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.

In time of war the laws are silent.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.