“The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.”
“Tyranny over the mind is the most complete and most brutal type of tyranny; every other tyranny begins and ends with it.”
“Misunderstanding and distrust—the predominant elements of a novel. Without them, everyone lives happily from beginning.”
“Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.”
“The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hearmuch; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of ourfriends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as muchas possibly we can; to hearken.”
“Wisdom begins with reverence for God."No God, no wisdom (witness your local university).”