It would strike me as ridiculous to want to doubt the existence of Napoleon; but if someone doubted the existence of the earth 150years ago, perhaps I should be more willing to listen, for now he is doubting our whole system of evidence.

If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.

Everything that can be said, can be said clearly.

The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy.

Words are probes. Some reach very deep, some only to a little depth.

Ethics and aesthetics are one.

We learn by rearranging what we know.