we believe certain things because they ought to be true.

People will always prefer black-and-white over shades of grey, and so there will always be the temptation to hold overly-simplified beliefs and to hold them with excessive confidence

What we believe is heavily influenced by what we think others believe

When we do cross paths with people whose beliefs and attitudes conflict with our own, we are rarely challenged.

For desired conclusions, we ask ourselves, "Can I believe this?", but for unpalatable conclusions we ask, "Must I believe this?

We may be particularly inclined to acquire and retain beliefs that make us feel good.

Relationships are built on trust.

It's already figured out.

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder.

The first shot does not beat you.

We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin.

Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates your life. It's impossible for it not to.

The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way.

We call things we don't understand complex, but that means we haven't found a good way of thinking about them.

I hope you are never victims, but I hope you have no power over other people.

Your capacity to love is your capacity to experience the I of another.