Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its way.

In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.

It is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the turbulence of change.

Underneath all civilization, ancient or modern, moved and still moves a sea of magic, superstition, and sorcery. Perhaps they will remain when the works of our reason have passed away.

Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization.