For heresy, like murder, there is no statute of limitations — not even centuries.
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
Our thoughts run in loops, which we can hope only to make as long and deeply nested as possible.
An idea traces its influence not from its origin, which is lost in time, but from the point when it becomes inescapable.
The more a man doubts what he ought to believe, the more he believes what he ought to doubt.
There is always an orthodoxy, as there is always a fish at the poker table, and if you can’t identify it then you believe it.
The arguments worth having are with yourself.
Choose your rabbit holes wisely.
The world has always fought over ideas, whose truth is at best a minor strategic advantage.
One does not defeat nonsense by refuting it.
You never see into what you see through.