Humans think as women preach — not well, but one is surprised to find it done at all.
Thinking
Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.
—Whitehead
Sometimes we imagine things into existence, more often out of it.
The force of an analogy lies in the similarity; the point lies in the difference.
To follow your heart is exactly what people who are skilled at manipulating your emotions want you to do.
We rarely absorb ideas; they settle on us, like dust or ash.
Never let your pessimism interfere with your digestion.
There is no point in arguing over premises, which are assumed, or conclusions, which are contained in the premises.
Stupidity at an immense age becomes instrumental rationality, just as crime on an immense scale becomes statecraft.
Genuine error varies directly with spurious precision.
One certainty is often exchanged for another, doubt for certainty occasionally, certainty for doubt almost never.