Just because something bears the aspect of the inevitable one should not, therefore, go along willingly with it.

It's easy to win. Anybody can win.

Maybe each human being lives in a unique world, a private world different from those inhabited and experienced by all other humans. . . If reality differs from person to person, can we speak of reality singular, or shouldn't we really be talking about plural realities? And if there are plural realities, are some more true (more real) than others?

...the essence of the evil government is that it anticipates bad conduct on the part of its citizens. Any government which assumes that the population is going to do something evil has already lost its franchise to govern.

How much of what we call 'reality' is actually out there or rather within our own head?

What a tragic realm this is, he reflected. Those down here are prisoners, and the ultimate tragedy is that they don't know it; they think they are free because they have never been free, and do not understand what it means.

What is possible and what is not possible is not objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the author and of the reader.