Apostasy always trumps heresy. Refusing to join the army may get you jailed, but deserting will get you shot.
Sep 022022
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
Aug 172022
To see certain things clearly one must be blind to much else.
Aug 162022
Look for words and find thoughts; look for thoughts and find nothing.
Jul 292022
All myths are alike; but each truth is truthful in its own way.
Jul 222022
Imagination, without a problem to work at, is dull. It does almost nothing but graft characteristics of one thing onto another; centaurs, gorgons, mermaids, and unicorns are its typical products.
Jul 202022
Enforced unanimity about important matters provokes violent disagreements over trivia.
Jul 012022
With ideas, you get what you want, not what you need.
Jun 302022
One good idea can spawn countless bad ones.
Jun 272022
Don’t follow the money — there’s too much of it around. Follow the status. Of that there can never be enough.
Jun 232022
Learn languages, to stop thinking in words.