The best thing about lying in bed late is that you learn to distinguish between first things and trivia, for whatever presses on you has to prove its importance before it makes you move. Max Lerner beddistinguishimportance Change image and share on social
The real sadness of fifty is not that you change so much but that you change so little. Max Lerner changefiftyreal Change image and share on social
A world technology means either a world government or world suicide. Max Lerner governmentmeansuicide Change image and share on social
The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. Max Lerner astonishmentgatehope Change image and share on social
To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others. Max Lerner deadenhurt Change image and share on social
The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence. Max Lerner centurycondenseexcellence Change image and share on social
A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride. Max Lerner enemyhitjudge Change image and share on social
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it. Max Lerner brutalculturedie Change image and share on social
The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search. Max Lerner absoluteapproachbook share on social
When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. Max Lerner chooseevillesser Change image and share on social