“Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.”

“The flame consists of a splendid clarity, of an unusual vigor, and od an ingenious ardor, but possesses the splendid clarity that it may illuminate and the ingenious ardor that it may burn.”

“People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and celebrates love, kindness, open-mindedness, tolerance, curiosity, human intelligence.”

“A vision should be judged by the clarity of its values, not the clarity of its implementation path [in Mediated Modeling page 43]”

“Cynical realism—it's the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation”

“A morbid sense of curiosity can lead to remarkable discoveries in the wee hours of still dark nights.”