In order to learn, one must change one's mind.

"We've devoted our lives to learning about them!" Miro said. Ender stopped. "Not from them."

Two sides of the same coin, but which side is which?

Unfortunately, we live in a time when the media are almost a monoculture.

It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.

Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.

As history shows us, when colonization is voluntary, people will self-select better than any testing system. It’s like those foolish attempts to control immigration to American based on the traits that were deemed desirable, when in fact the only trait that defines Americans historically is “descended from somebody willing to give up everything to live there.” Willingness is the single most important test.