Wissen
“Der Umgang mit Büchern kann den Verstand verwirren.”
“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking.”
“The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by discouraging rational inquiry.”
“By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.”
“Conflict is the gadfly of thought.”
“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”
“Deconstruction is not a method and cannot be transformed into one.”
“It is never too late to be wise.”
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.”
“Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.”
“Skepticism is the first step toward truth.”
“Cogito, ergo sum.”
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
“A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue.”
“Reading is going toward something that is about to be and no one yet knows what it will be.”