"If you lie to me, keep lying; don't hurt me by suddenly telling the truth."

"You will never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven."

"The only way to be a philosopher is to practice what you preach—and the only way to practice what you preach is to be a philosopher."

"Medieval man was a cog in a wheel he did not understand; modern man is a cog in a complicated system he thinks he understands."

"The general public has a hard time distinguishing between the truth and a well-told story."