Gratitude free of compassion is selfishness. It is nothing more than being happy for what has been done to benefit you.

Sanity can take one of only two forms: that of ignorance, or denial.

Never be silent! Make your opinions known, and do not fear retribution for speaking your mind! The only ones who will aggressively try to silence you are the ones who do not respect the liberties and rights of the individual. Those people deserve our contempt, and when you draw them out of the shadows by exercising your civil right to freedom of speech, they will expose themselves for what they truly are.

Abstraction is an exercise in a pre-assured failure. It is a futile attempt to communicate the non-communicable

I would warn against too much of a radical devotion to rationality. Rationality is an illusion, an invented concept, a construct from the mind of man. It is not a property of the universe. Rationality may be a useful tool when it suits our purposes, however, it is merely a measuring stick, calibrated against what we know of the nature of the universe - all of which may or may not be completely inaccurate.

There has got to be a point that exists somewhere, when a rational person just has to shake his head and say: 'You know what? Maybe all the crack-pots are right!'

Whether you actually can or can't fight city hall is of little relevance. Either way, when the need arises, you must!