"In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished."

"Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes."

"Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice."

"Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves."

"It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it."

"True knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"Creativity is seeing what everyone has seen, but thinking what no one else thought. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."