"You can play the piano with the white keys only or you can play it with only the black keys. But for harmony you must use the black and the white keys."

"Naqi suspected that the ability to turn drunkenness on and off like a switch must be one of the most hallow…"

"And another reason to make sure we're not doing atrocious things at the slaughter plant is that if it is to…"

"He who practices moderation and frugality will never be threatened with poverty."

"Engineers and certified pilots may be expensive but talented young men with a teenager's grasp of risk are …"

"I would beat him. You can be sure of that. If acting with energy is torturing, he'll be tortured."

"“How, concretely, does one do Indology beyond the Raj and Auschwitz in a world of pretty well tattered scho…"