So long as we are being remembered$$$ we remain alive.

The life of my people is to remember forever; each head granary is full. The life of your people is to forget: your thing granaries ("museums")$$$ and not yourselves$$$ are full.

The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear.

Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist$$$ and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.

Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.

Trust your heart rather than your head.

Women have two choices: Either she's a feminist or a masochist.

Recycling and speed limits are bullshit. They're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed.

Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate$$$ while culture plunges into the abyss.

The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and the reality$$$ even where we will not.