To take an unequivocal stand, it seems to me, is of greater heuristic value and far more likely to stimulate read more

To take an unequivocal stand, it seems to me, is of greater heuristic value and far more likely to stimulate constructive criticism than to evade the issue.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

...the more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterwards.

...the more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterwards.

The three-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn read more

The three-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

This is the constitutional limitation of man's knowledge and interests, the fact that he cannot know more than a tiny read more

This is the constitutional limitation of man's knowledge and interests, the fact that he cannot know more than a tiny part of the whole of society and that therefore all that can enter into his motives are the immediate effects which his actions will have in the sphere he knows.

The well-adjusted make poor prophets.

The well-adjusted make poor prophets.