There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers. - Ralph Ellison

Beware of those who speak of the spiral of history; they are preparing a boomerang. Keep a steel helmet handy

Everywhere I've turned somebody has wanted to sacrifice me for my own good — only /they/ were the ones who benefited. And now we start on the old sacrificial merry-go-round. At what point do we stop?

Come out of the fog, young man. And remember you don't have to be a complete fool in order to succeed. Play the game, but don't believe in it — that much you owe yourself. Even if it lands you in a strait jacket or a padded cell. Play the game, but play it your own way — part of the time at least. Play the game, but raise the ante, my boy. Learn how it operates, learn how you operate — I wish I had time to tell you only a fragment.