Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal it can only be of value to minds that are not.

Like hatred jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.

Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies especially those who told him what he wanted to hear?

In intelligence work there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.

Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.

Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life not an evil.

For someone who writes fiction in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious it's essential to be free.

Essentially I'm untrained so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing.