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"I thought I should make something – I felt it would be so easy – it would take form under my hands like magic."

"How do you think it feels for me? I'm the one with the butter inside."

"Tactical Reflections, Some Tactical Reflections, More Tactical Reflections, Even More Tactical Reflections, and Too Many Tactical Reflections"

"Question: Do you think that there is only one Perfect Master?"

"Consciousness, to be sure, is more effective than packets of medicine."

"Not thinking about a thorn doesn’t make it hurt your foot less."

"He walked on in silence for a while, thinking of all that he had seen. And the sum of his thought was a sickness against the whole hypocritical system that was despoiling an incredibly rich planet."

"He who thinks he hath no need of Christ, hath too high thoughts of himself. He who thinks Christ cannot help him, hath too low thoughts of Christ."

"The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body."

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."

"Giving me a new idea is like handing a cretin a loaded gun, but I do thank you anyhow, bang, bang."

"Perhaps I need to begin before I can think clearly about the task. The chief thing is to begin, after all—after which the chief thing is to finish."

"Why do you work so hard to make yourself disliked? I should think you'd find it happens enough on its own without putting yourself to any extra trouble."

"We often think, naïvely, that missing data are the primary impediments to intellectual progress—just find the right facts and all problems will dissipate. But barriers are often deeper and more abstra…"

"I’ve never found anything in occult literature that seemed to have a bearing. You know, the occult—very much like stories of supernatural horror—is a sort of game. Most religions, too. Believe in the …"

"I had no idea Gwendolen knew any foreign languages, and I am not sure that I approve. It's the sort of thing that can only broaden a girl's mind."

"It is almost better to be an impulse shirt-buyer than an impulse shoe-buyer. I have worn shirts that made people think I was a retired Mafia hit-man or a Yugoslavian sports convener from Split, but I …"

"Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.."

"The idea that the Founders were flawed, sinful men like you and me is current among a hefty majority of Americans, conservative too. It is wrong. Quite the reverse. The Founders are matchless today bo…"

"Gradually I began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking which had been characteristic of my orientation. This began, most recognizably, with the rejection of p…"