The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Rich people are poor people with money.

The plant is blind but it knows enough to keep pushing upwards towards the light, and it will continue to do this in the face of endless discouragements.

The object of powder is powder.

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

Never use a long word where a short one will do.