Truth, beaten down, may well rise again. But there’s a reason it gets beaten down. Usually, we don’t like it very much. - Jack McDevitt

Those who rise to the top of organizations, who live to direct others, to wield power, are inevitably afflicted by weak egos, by a need to prove themselves. This explains why they are so easily frightened and so easily manipulated. And why they are so dangerous.

Defend your opinion only if it can be shown to be true, not because it is your opinion.

Truth is slippery, not because it is difficult to grasp, but because we prefer our preconceptions, our beliefs, our myths.