The Strengthening Of Behavior Which Results From

If Freedom Is A Requisite For Human Happiness, Then All That’s Necessary Is To Provide The Illusion Of Freedom.

Society Attacks Early, When The Individual Is Helpless. It Enslaves Him Almost Before He Has Tasted Freedom. The 'ologies' Will Tell You How Its Done Theology Calls It Building A Conscience Or Developing A Spirit Of Selflessness. Psychology Calls It The Growth Of The Superego. Considering How Long Society Has Been At It, You'd Expect A Better Job. But The Campaigns Have Been Badly Planned And The Victory Has Never Been Secured.

A Person Who Has Been Punished Is Not Thereby Simply Less Inclined To Behave In A Given Way; At Best, He Learns How To Avoid Punishment.

The One Fact That I Would Cry Form Every Housetop Is This: The Good Life Is Waiting For Us - Here And Now.

A Culture Must Be Reasonably Stable, But It Must Also Change, And It Will Presumably Be Strongest If It Can Avoid Excessive Respect For Tradition And Fear Of Novelty On The One Hand And Excessively Rapid Change On The Other.