The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with those three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.

One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

Abstract knowledge is always useful, sooner or later.

If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!

Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.

Are you trying to tell all of us we have a bad signal-to-noise ratio?