A few thoughts on crime and punishment:Punishment—either don’t merit it, or learn to embrace it. It is easy to endure punishment, much harder to accept it. Committing a crime is like incurring a debt: you can either pay it off now, or pay it off later—with interest.

— Clifford Cohen

All too often, our elegant political theories amount to nothing more than ideology triumphing over common sense.

— Clifford Cohen

Always try to align your loyalties and commitment with the largest scope of the context you find yourself in. For example, if you work for a department in a company, align yourself with the company—not the department; if you are in an army platoon, align yourself with the army.

— Clifford Cohen

Amazing how too much passion in one part of your life can destroy passion in other parts of your life.

— Clifford Cohen

A psychologist’s job (if it’s done well) is to get you to seriously laugh at yourself.

— Clifford Cohen

As I get older I find it more and more easy to watch a pot until it boils.

— Clifford Cohen

Be careful not to think that just because you know what a person is going to say, you know what that person is going to do. Be careful not to think that just because you know what a person is going to do to others, you know what that person is going to do (or not do) to you.

— Clifford Cohen

Chronic problems tend to come from chronic habits.

— Clifford Cohen

Cooler heads prevail while things spin completely out of control.

— Clifford Cohen

Do first what you don’t want to do most.

— Clifford Cohen