Choice is determinative of the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.
Commitment is requisite to real living — If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Commitment is the loss of options, a type of death, the death of childhood's limitless possibility, of the flattery of choice without duress.
A Compromise is an arrangement whereby people who can't get what they want make sure nobody else does either.
Compromise is not the spice of life, but its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.
Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.
15 concepts in this pillow book.