“Laws should act as the lower limits of acceptable behavior, not as a guide to noble action.”

“Revolutionary behavior and violence are usually only indulged in when people are at their wits’ end. So social stability depends a lot on how long their wits are.”

“Anachron’s Law:There is no myth which is so irrational that no one will believe it.Anachron’s Corollary:There is no truth which is so obvious that everyone will accept it.”

“The easiest way to be inscrutable is to be completely straightforward and honest. Then no one will be able to figure out what you’re up to.”

“ --- she says it’s a tradition --- which must mean all those things people do that they don’t know why they do ‘em.”from the novella Christopher O’Connor’s Romances”

“It is hard for people to think clearly because their emotional needs keep getting in the way. The trick is to make thinking clearly an emotional need.”

“Everyone is a loser. Winners are just losers with more patience.”