Pilate Was Merciful Till It Became Risky.

We Cannot Fully Understand The Relations Of Time And Choice Until We Are Beyond Both.

We Never Find Out The Strength Of The Evil Impulse Inside Us Until We Try To Fight It.

There Is A Story About A Schoolboy Who Was Asked What He Thought God Was Like. He Replied That, As Far As He Could Make Out, God Was 'the Sort Of Person Who Is Always Snooping Around To See If Anyone Is Enjoying Himself And Then Trying To Stop It.'

It Is Important Early In Life To Acquire The Power Of Reading Sense Wherever You Happen To Be.

Pride Gets No Pleasure Out Of Having Something, Only Out Of Having More Of It Than The Next Man... It Is The Comparison That Makes You Proud: The Pleasure Of Being Above The Rest. Once The Element Of Competition Is Gone, Pride Is Gone.