“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”

“The surest way to corrupt a youth? Teach him to value thinking alike more than thinking differently.”

“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”

“Those who talk about individuality the most are the ones who most object to deviation, and in a few years it may be the other way around. Some day everybody will just think what they want to think, and then everybody will probably be thinking alike; that seems to be what is happening.”

“Approval is overrated. Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it.”

“Dominant people, it appears, use snap judgements and conform to received wisdom more than do the less dominant. Those who need power, and those who have it, think differently.”