The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived by others. They read more

The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived by others. They are easily persuaded and led.

Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.

Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.

The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.

The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.

Progress cannot be organized.

Progress cannot be organized.

There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they read more

There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

...most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.

...most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation read more

Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in the self, or rather the rejection of the self. Dedication is the obverse side of self-rejection. Man alone is a religious animal because, as Montaigne points out, "it is a malady confined to man, and not seen in any other creature, to hate and despise ourselves.".