“... You can only properly oppress people through a stability bordering on stagnation.”

“If we were to plot the distance between where you are RIGHT NOW and the nearest good idea, it would describe a line too big to fit inside the universe.”

“Lies aren't true, so why would anyone tell them?”

“The only times you say what I'm thinking, it's without any of the sarcasm and therefore the exact opposite of what I mean.”

“Black Mage: I was joking.Red Mage: OH. See, I was confused by the total lack of comedy.”

“Most plans are critically flawed by their own logic. A failure at any step will ruin everything. That's just basic cause and effect. It's easy for a good plan to fall apart. Therefore, a plan that ...”

“When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be rack...”

“What others think of you is not as important as what you think of yourself.”

“One opinion can make a fool out of a once wise person”

“We prefer to imagine brutal wars and atrocities as events that "just happen" every now and then, much like tornadoes or lightning strikes; this metaphor suggests that we can't generalize from them,...”

“The people of Hiroshima went to work at once to restore human society in the aftermath of the great atomic flood. They were concerned to salvage their own lives, but in the process they also salvag...”

“Along with individual responsibility goes some societal responsibility to enable young people and their parents to do what they need to do. Otherwise, what is a society?”