"Understanding reality is the most important thing because reality doesn't care what you want to be true."

"Truth is the essential foundation for producing good outcomes."

"Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come."

"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."

"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."