We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.

We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but if someone tries to take them from us, we defend them with almost an illicit passion.

History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of all unfamiliar situations.

We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.

We continue to think of new things in old ways.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves.