Most of us have lost that sense of unity of biosphere and humanity which would bind and reassure us all with an affirmation of beauty. Most of us do not today believe that whatever the ups and down of detail within our limited experience, the larger whole is primarily beautiful.

Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.

Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause.

Some tools of thought are so blunt that they are almost useless; others are so sharp that they are dangerous. But the wise man will have the use of both kinds.

Surrender to alcohol intoxication provides a partial and subjective shortcut to a more correct state of mind.

Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next.

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.