The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.