“It’s never too late to start doing the right thing
“Progress begins by recognising reality
“Our entire lives are built not on facts, but on stories that we tell ourselves. Some people’s stories are more accurate than others.
“[Everyone] occasionally stumbles over the truth, but most … pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
“Our biggest problem as humans is that we have more power than self-control.
“Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think
“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one
“Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world.
“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you are right.