All great truths begin as blasphemies.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who have not got it.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.