Don’t waste time making enemies. As long as you’re active, you’ll have plenty.

Laws should act as the lower limits of acceptable behavior, not as a guide to noble action.

The easiest way to be inscrutable is to be completely straightforward and honest. Then no one will be able to figure out what you’re up to.

People who believe that justice is a pendulum are willing to swing it wildly.

It is hard for people to think clearly because their emotional needs keep getting in the way. The trick is to make thinking clearly an emotional need.

Revolutionary behavior and violence are usually only indulged in when people are at their wits’ end. So social stability depends a lot on how long their wits are.

Even if God had created us, He would never have admitted it.

One of the great things about anarchy is that it’s hard to get it organized.

Resorting to lying or cheating in any competition amounts to conceding defeat.

People who were raised on The Bible can never tell the difference between a warning and an advertisement.

The fiercely competitive are fierce because they don’t see themselves as competitive.

Of course, if you’re hoping for a perfect world, you’re bound to be disappointed. But an interesting world–now that’s doable. It’s right here in front of you.

Unquestioning obedience is hailed as a great virtue only by those leaders whose commands are highly questionable.

The world is mad, but let’s not get angry about it.

Darwinian evolution has obviously not had enough time to work.