In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the life of one man was insufficient for even the smallest part of the w...
He had volunteered early, rather than waiting to be conscripted, for he felt a duty and an obligation to serve, and believed that ... being willing to fight for his country and the liberty it represen...
When an experiment was to begin, all women were excluded for fear their irrational natures would influence the result, and an air of fervent concentration descended.
Generally speaking, our minds impose an entirely artificial order on the world. It is the only way that such an inadequate instrument as our brain can function. It cannot deal with the complexity of r...
Just because your choice is predetermined does not mean you do not have a free choice before you take it (516)
O viață petrecută lucrând sub egida Ministerului Apărării îl învățase o sumedenie de tehnici de supraviețuire într-o lume care făcea ca lupta armată să pară civilizată și plină de stil.
Civilization depends on continually making the effort, of never giving in. It needs to be cared for by men of goodwill, protected from the dark.
Atât timp cât un număr suficient de oameni cred că e autentic, chiar e.
He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.
The dance of capital, the harmony of a balance sheet, and the way these abstractions interact with people, their characters and desires, either as individuals or in a mass. Understand that one is the...
It is cruel that we are granted the desire to know, but denied the time to do it properly. We all die frustrated; it is the greatest lesson we have to learn.
I knew salesmen, they made good murderers.
An in experienced traveler would imagine that their land contains the finest buildings, the biggest towns, the richest, best-fed, happiest people in the world.
«How do we justify calling ourselves civilised, after all? Is it the books we read? The delicacy of our tastes? Our place in continuing a line of belief ando of common values which strech back a thous...
Lying, he said out loud, hoping no one would hear. I need to lie. Teach me, quickly.I wouldn't if I were you, came the response. For a start, it's a variable concept here. You are in a culture where a...
Like the aristocracy, you can tell a reporter’s status by his clothes and manners. The worse they are, the higher up they are,
Creating a void which others seek to fill through conversation.
The rolling sound of a good hymn badly sung is particularly evocative.
I cannot remember a single painting, although I do remember trying hard to be deeply impressed by them at the time.
And here was the moment. The end of it all, for civilization was merely another name for friendship, and friendship was coming to an end.