“A good rule always describes the ideal performance.”

“Good loses. Good always loses because good has to play by the rules. Evil doesn't.”

“The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth.”

“Satisfactions provide the last clue to talent. As we described in the previous chapter, your strongest synaptic connections are designed so that when you use them, it feels good. Thus, obviously, if it feels good when you perform an activity, chances are that you are using a talent.”

“It's because even a good man can't always be right, that we need ... rules.”

“The conventional word that is employed to describe tyranny is “systematic.” The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be able to relax, must never be quite sure if they have followed the rules correctly or not. (The only rule of thumb was: whatever is not compulsory is forbidden.) Thus, the ruled can always be found to be in the wrong.”