The Cell Door Slammed Behind Rubishov.

The Integrative Tendencies Of The Individual Are Incomparably More Dangerous Than His Self-assertive Tendencies.

The Progress Of Science, Like An Ancient Desert Trail, Is Strewn With The Bleached Skeletons Of Discarded Theories, Doctrines, And Axioms Which Seemed To Possess Eternal Life.

The Evils Of Mankind Are Caused, Not By The Primary Aggressiveness Of Individuals, But By Their Self-transcending Identification With Groups Whose Common Denominator Is Low Intelligence And High Emotionality.

If Conquerors Be Regarded As The Engine-drivers Of History, Then The Conquerors Of Thought Are Perhaps The Pointsmen Who, Less Conspicuous To The Traveler's Eye, Determine The Direction Of The Journey.

To Want To Meet An Author Because You Like His Books Is As Ridiculous As Wanting To Meet The Goose Because You Like Pate De Foie Gras.