“All societies that maintain armies maintain the belief that some things are more valuable than life itself.”

“A banal mysticism, which is so banal that all the mysticism seems to have evaporated long ago, binds 'us' to the homeland - that special place which is more than a place, more than a geophysical area.”

“If the future remains uncertain, we know the past history of nationalism. And that should be sufficient to encourage a habit of watchful suspicion.”

“It is better to take the other road, even if it's longer. Get a car, maybe" Green Eyes”

“Life, I learned then, belongs not to the just but to those who do whatever they must do in order to maintain their vision of reality.”

“By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.”

“Few things are more absurd than wise saws originally designed to inculcate or maintain the social needs of a society long past - when they are applied to today.”