--We tend to become like the worst in those we oppose.

--Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

--Do not be quick to reveal judgment. Hidden judgment often is more potent. It can guide reactions whose effects are felt only when too late to divert them.

--There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

--To oppose something is to maintain it.

--On Foretelling: Knowing the answer to the wrong question is perfectly useless.