Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it read more

Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well. The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion- in the long run, these are the only people who count.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a read more

The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause, and to espouse its credo uncritically and enthusiastically, even if its tenets are contrary to reason, devoid of self-interest and detrimental to the claims of self-preservation.We are thus driven to the unfashionable conclusion that the trouble with our species is not an excess of aggression, but an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.

There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.

There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

To think is to differ.

To think is to differ.

Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again.

Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again.

Veracity is the heart of morality.

Veracity is the heart of morality.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.