From an evolutionary standpoint, human consciousness has not been around very long. A little light just went on after four and a half billion years. How often does that happen? Maybe it is quite rare.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.