More is lost in translation from thought to page than from one language to another.
Apr 172013
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
Apr 152013
Bad to take obscurity for profundity: worse to take clarity for shallowness.
Apr 082013
Profundities are often equivocations — trivially true in one sense, obviously false in another, and deep and subtle only if you do not choose.
Mar 212013
Only intellectuals confuse what they know with what they can articulate.
Feb 072013
Theory owes far more to practice than practice does to theory.
Feb 052013
One of truth’s greatest enemies is collegiality.
Jan 302013
Much wisdom lies on the verge of sense.
Jan 252013
Philosophies, like sweaters, have stray threads, and the whole thing unravels if you yank on one persistently.
Jan 232013
How to Solve Problems
1. Ask if the problem exists.
2. Ask if it is not trivial.
3. Ask if you can do anything about it.
4. Ignore it.
Jan 102013
Gore your own ox.