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There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.
Pieces of Eight (1982)
Agnosticism is a perfectly respectable and tenable philosophical position; it is not dogmatic and makes no pronouncements about the ultimate truths of the universe. It remains open to evidence and persuasion; lacking faith, it nevertheless does not deride faith.
Pieces of Eight (1982)
Freud's prescription for personal happiness as consisting of work and love must be taken with the proviso that the work has to be loved, and the love has to be worked at.
Pieces of Eight (1982)
Superior people are only those who let it be discovered by others; the need to make it evident forfeits the very virtue they aspire to.
Pieces of Eight (1982)
Patriotism is proud of a country’s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues.
Pieces of Eight (1982)
Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.
Pieces of Eight (1982)
We are just beginning to learn that our same old habits, like the exploitation of nonrenewable resources, may make us at one with the auk and the dodo.
Pieces of Eight (1982)
A general practitioner is a doctor who treats what you've got; a specialist is a doctor who finds you've got what he treats.
Pieces of Eight (1982)
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong."
Pieces of Eight (1982)
Work and play are an artificial pair of opposites, because the best kind of play contains an element of work, and the most productive kind of work must include something of the spirit of play.
Pieces of Eight (1982)
The most worthwhile form of education is the kind that puts the educator inside you, as it were, so that the appetite for learning persists long after the external pressure for grades and degrees has vanished. Otherwise you are not educated; you are merely trained.
Pieces of Eight (1982)