L. Sprague de Camp

“Bigots are actually insecure people who are seeking to feel superior to others.”

“History is a tangled skein that one may see rightly only in retrospect.”

“The human mind is a wonderful thing, but it is not infallible.”

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

“No matter how subtly disguised, the racket of the State is always the same: to take your money and tell you what to do.”

“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”

“The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.”

“In an imperfect world, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged game.”

“Most gods are just elevated humans, with all their flaws and prejudices.”

“Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.”

“Heroism is the cheapest commodity in the world.”

“The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.”