Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like read more

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

...anyone who writes about "Darwin's theory of evolution" in the singular, without segregating the theories of gradual evolution, common descent, read more

...anyone who writes about "Darwin's theory of evolution" in the singular, without segregating the theories of gradual evolution, common descent, speciation, and the mechanism of natural selection, will be quite unable to discuss the subject competently.

One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.

One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a read more

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole.

All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for read more

All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for us to think through even a small fraction of the topics that we come across.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.