“They need enemies, not friends, to focus their two-dimensional ideas. Life for them is a simple tune, never an orchestration, or even a pleasant harmony.”

“The majority of the people are terrified by the idea of having too many enemies. But I can assure you that there is no success without criticism. We need them beside us in the same manner as we need our friends!”

“Never explain — your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyhow.”

“The Hazer would be arriving at about the same time as Ulysses and the three of them could spend a pleasant evening. It was not too often that two good friends ever visited here at once.
He stood a bit aghast at thinking of the Hazer as a friend, for more than likely the being itself was one he had never met. But that made little difference, for a Hazer, any Hazer, would turn out to be a friend.”

“To show this diagram properly, I would really need a four dimensional screen. However, because of government cuts, we could manage to provide only a two dimensional screen.”

“And we, with Nature’s heart in tune,
Concerted harmonies.”

“To be successful you need friends and to be very successful you need enemies.”

“There's always a temptation, in the middle of a long struggle, to seek the quiet life, to escape the duties and problems of the world, and to hope the enemy grows weary of fanaticism and tired of murder. This would be a pleasant world, but it's not the world we live in. The enemy is never tired, never sated, never content with yesterday's brutality. This enemy considers every retreat of the civilized world as an invitation to greater violence.”

“If those are your friends, you've got no need for enemies.”

“Children need close friends to help them grow up, to discover things about themselves and about life. They also need close friends to keep them sane”