“To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.”

“… that when you're buying books, you're optimistically thinking you're buying the time to read them.
(Paraphrase of Schopenhauer)”

“One can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the sorrow with each, and not betray any of them.”

“But so secretive nobody can be
That someone does not notice finally.”

“A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.”

“You can hit him and hit him and hit him and he just keeps on coming. I think that I learned a long time ago that one attribute that great players have is stamina, and he obviously has great stamina.”

“The sage says that all that is under heaven incurs the same law and the same fate.”

“A good plan isn't one where someone wins, it's where nobody thinks they've lost.”

“Any sage can do philosophy, but not every philosopher is a sage.”

“I think the President is clearly insane in several ways, and insanest upon war and its supreme glories. I think he longs for a big war wherein he can spectacularly perform as chief general and chief admiral, and go down in history as the only monarch of modern times that has served both offices at the same time.”