No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get read more

No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of read more

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight that do not supply the Americans with some precious commodity, then the education of the public does not take place. But when the dictator falls, when the oil is threatened, then you turn on the television and they tell you where the country is, what the language is, how to pronounce the names of the leaders, what the religion is all about, and maybe you can cut out recipes in the newspaper of Persian dishes.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.

Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense.

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

In solitude, where we are least alone.