The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already become the custom of the people.

No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels.

The rules of the universe that we think we know are buried deep in our processes of perception.

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

Life and 'Mind' are systemic processes.

To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time.

It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.