Belief gets in the way of learning.

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

Evolution is a process that never stops. Baboons who fail to exhibit moral behavior do not survive; they wind up as meat for leopards.

If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something can be done he is almost certainly right. If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong.

The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.

Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers.

At one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age the myth is "the will of the people" ... but the problem changes only superficially.