There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.