The philosophies that have been inspired by scientific technique are power philosophies, and tend to regard everything non-human as mere raw material. Ends are no longer considered; only the skillfulness of the process is valued. This also is a form of madness. It is, in our day, the most dangerous form, and the one against which a sane philosophy should provide an antidote

Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit?

Artists are on the average less happy than men of science.

As I grew up I became increasingly interested in philosophy, or which [his family] profoundly disapproved. Everytime the subject came up they repeated with unfailing regularity, "What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind." After some fifty or sixty repititions, this remark ceased to amuse me.

Is the set of all sets which are not members of themselves a member of itself?

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

I am as drunk as a lord, but then, I am one, so what does it matter ?