"If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today."

"People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do."

"Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality."

"Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism."

"It is a enduring truth that reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition."

"To master the mind is to understand that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind."

"Every sunset is a reminder that the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."