Cheese, Wine, And A Friend

The Final Wisdom Of Life Requires Not The Annulment Of Incongruity But The Achievement Of Serenity Within And Above It.

Nothing That Is Worth Doing Can Be Achieved In A Lifetime; Therefore We Must Be Saved By Hope.

The Pretensions Of Final Truth Are Always Partlyan Effort To Obscure A Darkly Felt Consciousness Of The Limits Of Human Knowledge.

The Individual Or The Group Which Organizes Any Society, However Social Its Intentions Or Pretensions, Arrogates An Inordinate Portion Of Social Privilege To Itself.

We Take, And Must Continue To Take, Morally Hazardous Actions To Preserve Our Civilization. We Must Exercise Our Power. But We Ought Neither To Believe That A Nation Is Capable Of Perfect Disinterestedness In Its Exercise, Nor Become Complacent About A Particular Degree Of Interest And Passion Which Corrupt The Justice By Which The Exercise Of Power Is Legitimatized.