I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.
What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self!
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!