Much As A Teacher May Wince At

The Two Words 'information' And 'communication' Are Often Used Interchangeably, But They Signify Quite Different Things. Information Is Giving Out; Communication Is Getting Through.

The Main Discomfort In Being A Middle-of-the-roader Is That You Get Sideswiped By Partisans Going In Both Directions.

All Our Efforts To Attain Immortality-by Statesmanship, By Conquest, By Science Or The Arts-are Equally Vain In The Long Run, Because The Long Run Is Longer Than Any Of Us Can Imagine.

Ancient Boundaries Are Meaningless, Except For Political Purposes; Old Divisions Of Clan And Tribe Are Sentimental Remnants Of The Pre-atomic Age; Neither Creed Nor Color Nor Place Of Origin Is Relevant To The Realities Of Modern Power To Utterly Seek And Destroy.

Life Is, If Anything, The Art Of Combination. Of Discrimination. Of Freely Picking One's Own Personal Pattern Out Of A Hundred Choices. Not Letting It Be Picked For You—either By The Establishment, Or By The Rebels. Conformity Of Hip Is No Better Than Conformity Of Square.