So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.

If you want creative and successful children, resign yourself to jousting with rebels.

An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury trials and congressional committees, are on the up-and-up. That they are intended for the benefit of the members. The reality is that they are designed to keep everyone in line.

If you're right, and nobody really cares what's out there, I wonder whether we're even worth saving.

But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don't have to wait for anybody.

One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?

Somewhere we taught ourselves that our opinions are more significant than the facts. And somehow we get our egos and our opinions and Truth all mixed up in a single package, so that when something does challenge one of the notions to which we subscribe, we react as if it challenges us.