1. People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.
Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays
2. There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.
3. It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.
4. It is far easier to concentrate power than to concentrate knowledge. That is why so much social engineering backfires and why so many despots have led their countries into disasters.
Intellectuals and Society
