The common dogma of fundamentalists is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.... That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defence against the dangerous new knowledge. ... When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. ... Unfortunately you cannot reason with them and you even risk violence in confronting them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity.

-G Gaia

I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

-Paul Fussell

Our minds are lazier than our bodies.

-La Rochefoucauld

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask Do they get smart just in time to ask questions

-Scott Adams

Music is the soul of language.

-Max Heindel

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

-Johann von Goethe