The book does not contain "everything about the human being," because that is impossible. The largest libraries in the world do not contain "everything." One Human Minute (1986)
The declining intellectual quality of political leadership is the result of the growing complexity of the world. Since no one, be he endowed with the highest wisdom, can grasp it in its entirety, it is those who are least bothered by this who strive for power. One Human Minute (1986)
Fewer are the ways of helping people than of harming them; it is the nature of things, not a consequence of the statistical method. Our world does not stand halfway between heaven and hell; it seems much closer to hell. One Human Minute (1986)