The most important survival ability for any life form is the ability to change.

Time is a measure of space, just as a range-finder is a measure of space, but measuring locks us into the place we measure.

The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it.

When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training.

A human being can stand any amount of pain.

I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once.

Demagogues are so easy to identify. They gesture a lot and speak with pulpit rhythms, using words that ring of religious fervour and god-fearing sincerity. Sincerity with nothing behind it takes so much practice. The practice can always be detected. Repetition. Great attempts to keep your attention on words.