The universe does not work by our rules

Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy.

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate.

I have come to believe that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.