Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.

People's belief in their own local reality-tunnels keep us all far stupider than we ought to be.

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

You know what family values means, that's hating the same people your grandfather hated.

There is no governor anywhere. You are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped. If anybody could go into dhyana at will, nobody could be controlled - by fear of prison, by fear of whips or electroshock, by fear of death, even. All existing society is based on keeping those fears alive, to control the masses. Ten people who know would be more dangerous than a million armed anarchists.

An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.

Robert A. Heinlein has been an idol to me for more than 20 years. He can do no wrong, no matter how much he loves wars and hates pacifists.