When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles

The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

A human being can stand any amount of pain.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's execution that counts.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

What are you, child, that you need time to learn about yourself?