The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.

There's a great universe just next door.

Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.

How many times... have you encountered the saying, 'When the student is ready, the Master speaks?' Do you know why that is true? The door opens inward. The Master is everywhere, but the student has to open his mind to hear the Masters Voice.

Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model" -- or grid, or map, or reality-tunnel -- "contains the whole universe and will never need to be revised." In terms of the history of science and knowledge in general, this appears absurd and arrogant to me, and I am perpetually astonished that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude.

I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.

We live in an age of artificial scarcity, maintained by ignorance and fear.