There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless.

All normal life, Peter, consciously or otherwise, resent domination. If the domination is by an inferior, or by a supposed inferior, the resentment becomes stronger.

Robots will neither be common nor very good in 2014, but they will be in existence.

Writing is a lonely job. Even if a writer socializes regularly, when he gets down to the real business of his life, it is he and his type writer or word processor. No one else is or can be involved in the matter.

While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.

You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason---if you pick the proper postulates.

The intelligent man is never bored.