They don't have intelligence. They have what I call 'thintelligence.' They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being focused.' They don't see the surround. They don't see the consequences.

Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind.

Social control is best managed through fear.

Harassment is about power---the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate.

I eventually realized that direct experience is the most valuable experience I can have. Western man is so surrounded by ideas, so bombarded with opinions, concepts, and information structures of all sorts, that it becomes difficult to experience anything without the intervening filter of these structures.

The system didn't screw you. The system revealed you.

No one escapes from life alive.