"Medieval man was a cog in a wheel he did not understand; modern man is a cog in a complicated system he thinks he understands."

"The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding, or better at explaining than doing."

"The more you try to be unique, the more you become like everyone else."

"Beware of people who always agree with you."

"The more you try to control things, the more they control you."