Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.

Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union is never complete. Something is always held back.

Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.

An ignorant friend is worse than a learned foe.

The more tightly packed the group, the greater the need for strict social ranks and orders.

The man who sees an opportunity and does nothing is asleep with his eyes open.

Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.