The Jester Is Brother To The Sage.

When Reality Becomes Unbearable, The Mind Must Withdraw From It And Create A World Of Artificial Perfection. Plato's World Of Pure Ideas And Forms, Which Alone Is To Be Considered As Real, Whereas The World Of Nature Which We Perceive Is Merely Its Cheap Woolworth Copy, Is A Flight Into Delusion.

One Question That People Always Ask At Home Is Never Asked Here: "what Happened To Communism In Russia?" Everybody Yawns When A Visitor Brings It Up, Because The Answer Is So Obvious To Every Russian. The Answer Is That There Never Was Communism In Russia; There Were Only Communists.

We Cannot Unthink Unless We Are Insane.

If Power Corrupts, The Reverse Is Also True; Persecution Corrupts The Victims Though Perhaps In Subtler And More Tragic Ways.

You Can't Help People Being Right For The Wrong Reasons...this Fear Of Finding Oneself In Bad Company Is Not An Expression Of Political Purity; It Is An Expression Of A Lack Of Self-confidence.