Santayana's Aphorism Must Be Reversed: Too Often

Television Has Spread The Habit Of Instant Reaction And Stimulated The Hope Of Instant Results.

If We Are To Survive, We Must Have Ideas, Vision, And Courage. These Things Are Rarely Produced By Committees. Everything That Matters In Our Intellectual And Moral Life Begins With An Individual Confronting His Own Mind And Conscience In A Room By Himself.

History Is, Indeed, An Argument Without End.

Economists Are About As Useful As Astrologers In Predicting The Future (and, Like Astrologers, They Never Let Failure On One Occasion Diminish Certitude On The Next).

Problems Will Always Torment Us Because All Important Problems Are Insoluble: That Is Why They Are Important. The Good Comes From The Continuing Struggle To Try And Solve Them, Not From The Vain Hope Of Their Solution.