Every Civilization Depends Upon The Quality Of

The Stakes In Conflict Do Not Change. Battle Determines Who Will Control The Wealth Or Its Equivalent.

Time Is A Measure Of Space, Just As A Range-finder Is A Measure Of Space, But Measuring Locks Us Into The Place We Measure.

In My Estimation, More Misery Has Been Created By Reformers Than By Any Other Force In Human History.

Demagogues Are So Easy To Identify. They Gesture A Lot And Speak With Pulpit Rhythms, Using Words That Ring Of Religious Fervour And God-fearing Sincerity. Sincerity With Nothing Behind It Takes So Much Practice. The Practice Can Always Be Detected. Repetition. Great Attempts To Keep Your Attention On Words.

Enormous Problems Arise When Human Mistakes Are Made On The Grand Scale Available To A Superhero... Heroes Are Painful, Superheroes Are A Catastrophe. The Mistakes Of Superheroes Involve Too Many Of Us In Disaster.