Humans are almost always lonely.

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, "I am not the kind of person I want to be." It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

One of the best things to come out of the home computer revolution could be the general and widespread understanding of how severely limited logic really is.

Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?