"It is truly amazing that, with much less neuroscientific knowledge available, Hayek's model comes closer, in some respects, to being neurophysiologically verifiable than those models developed 50 to 60 years after his."

“At no time in the past century has public distrust of the government been so broadly distributed across the political spectrum, as it is today.”

Source : "Why I Wrote PGP". Personal Website, www.philzimmermann.com. June 1991 (updated 1999).

“I very much believe in rescuing animals, not buying them.”

Source : "Life After 50: Adopt A Pet, Get Fit?" by Barbara Hannah Grufferman, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 25, 2011.

“I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it.”

“Cole," I said, "Don't lose this number.”

“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.”

“I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.”

“The besetting sin of able men is impatience of contradiction and of criticism. Even those who do their best to resist the temptation, yield to it almost unconsciously and become the tools of toadies and flatterers. "Authorities," "disciples," and "schools" are the curse of science and do more to interfere with the work of the scientific spirit than all its enemies.”

“Any kind of expectation creates a problem. We should accept, but not expect. Whatever comes, accept it. Whatever goes, accept it. The immediate benefit is that your mind is always peaceful.”