"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them."
- Einstein

"To know a thing well, know its limits. Only when pushed beyond its tolerances will true nature be seen."
- The Amtal Rule

"There are trivial truths and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true."
- Niels Bohr

"There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves."
- Darwi Odrade

"I'm being so candid with you that I must tell you about my unswerving honesty."
- Bene Gesserit Protestation

"I'm right here. This is who I really am. I'm not pretending."
- Ender's Shadow

"One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word."
- Lazarus Long