A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!" It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!" He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.

Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change

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.

Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention.

A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation

Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity. The young must be dampened down. Never let them know how good they can be. That brings change. Spend lots of committee time talking about how to deal with exceptional students. Don't spend any time dealing with how the conventional teacher feels threatened by emerging talents and squelches them because of a deep-seated desire to feel superior and safe in a safe environment.