“You see, it doesn't matter if they're wrong. From 9/11 to recent shootings here in the United States, there's nothing more dangerous than a true believer on his own crazy mission.”

“Indeed, to this day, I think if you blame everything on the government, you're not just wrong, you're being reckless. It's as silly as blaming everything on the Freemasons, or the Illuminati, or in...”

“In the end, one detail is unarguable: There will always be those searching for treasure. Never forget: We are a country founded on legends and myths. We love them, especially legends of treasure. L...”

“My future was a blank slate and only I could write on it.”

“Because much of the content of education is not cognitively natural, the process of mastering it may not always be easy and pleasant, notwithstanding the mantra that learning is fun. Children may b...”

“Education is neither writing on a blank slate nor allowing the child's nobility to come into flower. Rather, education is a technology that tries to make up for what the human mind is innately bad ...”

“There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.”

“Is something the matter? Calcifer asked. Yes. My heart. There was a scarecrow at the door! Sophie gasped. What has a scarecrow to do with your heart? Calcifer asked. It was trying to get in here. I...”

“The truth is he spends thirty minutes of every hour suspecting he has missed some essential clue about himself. And not only himself--he has a recurring fantasy that one night, while he was asleep,...”

“I have come to the conclusion that there has never been an honest investigation by any authoritative body in the history of the world.”

“Culture, religion, and education, are conspiracies to standardize worldviews.”

“You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone elses mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting.”