Governments Do Not Know What They Cannot

The Young Reed Dies So Easily. Beginnings Are Times Of Great Peril.

Irreverence Is A Most Necessary Ingredient Of Religion. Not To Speak Of Its Importance In Philosophy. Irreverence Is The Only Way Left To Us For Testing Our Universe.

The Person Who Experiences Greatness Must Have A Feeling For The Myth He Is In. He Must Reflect What Is Projected Upon Him. And He Must Have A Strong Sense Of The Sardonic. This Is What Uncouples Him From Belief In His Own Pretensions. The Sardonic Is All That Permits Him To Move Within Himself. Without This Quality, Even Occasional Greatness Will Destroy A Man.

When Your Opponent Fears You, Then's The Moment When You Give The Fear Its Own Rein, Give It The Time To Work On Him. Let It Become Terror. The Terrified Man Fights Himself. Eventually, He Attacks In Desperation. That Is The Most Dangerous Moment, But The Terrified Man Can Be Trusted Usually To Make A Fatal Mistake. You Are Being Trained Here To Detect These Mistakes And Use Them.

The Meeting Between Ignorance And Knowledge, Between Brutality And Culture - It Begins In The Dignity With Which We Treat The Dead