It is by work that man carves his way to that measure of power which will fit him for his destiny.
Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry.
Babies are always more trouble than you thought and more wonderful.
There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.
We spend a good part of our lives trying desperately to convince ourselves as well as everybody else that we know more than we really do.
It's really an optimistic show. I think most of the people in this country are optimistic, too.
While some of us may know than others about certain things, it is the thinnest slice of all that is, or could be known. In that sense, we are all profoundly ignorant.
It’s as if your kind needs adversity in order to achieve. (Leta) No, we don’t. That’s just a lie people tell themselves to feel better about all the people who kick them in their teeth when it’s just as easy to help a man up as it is to knock him to the ground. That’s why I’ve withdrawn from this world. I don’t want to have to watch my back all the time and I’m tired of trying to figure out if the loyalty someone professes is real and true, or just another lie that will crumble the instant they taste jealousy. (Aiden)
I do not yet want to form a hypothesis to test, because as soon as you make a hypothesis, you become prejudiced. Your mind slides into a groove, and once it is in that groove, has difficulty noticing anything outside of it. During this time, my sense must be sharp; that is the main thing - to be sharp, yet open.
If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.
God, what is it like to be You and hear all those people all the time everywhere, begging, imploring, calling out for anything and anyone?