“Fear, boredom, and resistance--they all go to makewhat we call stupid children.”

“Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance. Therefore the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. That's why we feel so much Resistance. If it meant nothing to us, there'd be no Resistance.”

“All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.”

“We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.”

“Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.”

“Men fear death as children fear to go into the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other”