Society is like a schoolmaster who estimates boys according to their conformity to a standard that is easiest for running a school.

We think so because all other people think so Or because-or because-after all, we do think so Or because we were told so, and think we must think so Or because we once thought so, and think we still think so Or because, having thought so, we think we will think so.

One has to kill a few of one’s natural selves to let the rest grow — a very painful slaughter of innocents.