Inertia is the first law of history, as it is of physics.

Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature.

All logic texts are divided into two parts. In the first part, on deductible logic, the fallacies are explained; in the second part, on inductive logic, they are committed.

Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols.

Wisdom is not to be obtained from textbooks, but must be coined out of human experience in the flame of life.

The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic.

Law must be viewed as a formless mass of isolated decisions.