People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them. – Condorcet, Progress of the Human Mind, 1794

The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself. – Rita Mae Brown, Venus Envy

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. – William H. Mauldin

We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent. – Abraham Flexner, Universities, 1930