In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
Every cause produces more than one effect.
Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are happy.
What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only sentimental value.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.
If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.