People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.

Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey.

Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own lives, then you are merely like mice trying to argue with owls. You think their ways are wrong. They think you are dinner.