It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears it seems are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep unify them with ease and sincerity.

We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and enable our own operations.

Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?