It would take centuries and he must grow and grow and grow, but he was in no hurry--he grokked that Eternity and the ever-beautifully-changing Now were identical.

To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members.

If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off?

The intelligent fights only when he must and never for sport.

Pain is the basic mechanism built into us by millions of years of evolution which safeguards us by warning when something threatens our survival.

When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out — that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse.

Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young, the untravelled, the naive, the sophisticated deplore these formalities as 'empty,' 'meaningless,' or 'dishonest,' and scorn to use them. No matter how 'pure' their motives, they thereby throw sand into machinery that does not work too well at best.