“Education is no substitute for intelligence.”

“History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Education helps but it’s never enough. You also must run.”

“They were undoubtedbly sincere in subscribing to the argument that nuclear weapons were a reserve held for one purpose: defense of humankind should a threatening 'other intelligence' ever be encountered.”

“You cannot avoid the interplay of politics within an orthodox religion. The power struggle permeates the training, education and disciplining of the orthodox community. Because of this pressure, the leaders of such a community inevitably much face that ultimate internal question: to succumb to complete opportunism as the price of maintaining their rule, or risk sacrificing themselves for the sake of the orthodox ethic.”

“Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.”

“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.”

“Face your fears or they will climb over your back.”