But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

Great leaders inspire incredible loyalty in their followers and subordinates.

The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this.

Boone Pickens should be commended for his leadership on American energy security, and for bringing Ted Turner along on some sensible approaches to enhancing it.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.