“My object in this chapter is solely to shew that there is no fundamental difference between man and the higher mammals in their mental faculties.”

“Although people seem to be unaware of it today, the development of the faculty of attention forms the real object and almost the sole interest of studies.”

“There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.”

“I believe that the fundamental alternative for man is the choice between "life" and "death"; between creativity and destructive violence; between reality and illusions; between objectivity and intolerance; between brotherhood-independence and dominance-submission.”

“Kant was also quite aware that "the urgent need" of reason is both different from and "more than mere quest and desire for knowledge." Hence, the distinguishing of the two faculties, reason and intellect, coincides with a distinction between two altogether different mental activities, thinking and knowing.”

“Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.”

“The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!”

“Differences of opinions, contrasting objectives are not just fundamental - they are necessary in a democratic society.”

“The pious man is nothing but a prince who is obeyed by his senses, and by his mental as well as his physical faculties”

“We may usefully think of the language faculty, the number faculty, and others as 'mental organs,' analogous to the heart or the visual system or the system of motor coordination and planning. There appears to be no clear demarcation line between physical organs, perceptual and motor systems and cognitive faculties in the respects in question.”