Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

I am allowed to use plain English because everybody knows that I could use mathematical logic if I chose.

When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired.

Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.

The purpose of education is to teach a defense against eloquence.

There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.