Most of us are only willing to call 5% of our present information into question any one point.
As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.
The spirits of the brain are directly connected to the testicles. This is why men who weary their imagination in books are less suitable for procreative functions...
Why only one song, one speech, one text at a time?" - "When Our Lips Speak Together
Come! our world is done: For all the witchery of the world is fled, And lost all wanton wisdom long since won.
Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.
People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.
Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.
Do you want to make it impossible for anyone to oppress his fellow-man? Then make sure that no one shall possess power.
I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate.
Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature.
The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic.
Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.
Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.
By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.
In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.
I think the problem with visual media like TV is that they're reductive.
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as is well known to philosophers.
