Since things are moving faster and faster, we cannot afford the amount of stupidity that we used to be able to tolerate.

I'm using myself as a typical 20th century model as I'm trying to make sense out of the world around me.

My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.

If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind.

Anyone in the United States today who isn't paranoid must be crazy.

If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

I find the universe so staggering that I just don't have any faith in my ability to grasp it.