“I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1…” — Edward Teller

Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.

My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.