And what is good, Phaedrus, And what is not good— Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?

When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten.

There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

Morality is not a simple set of rules. It's a very complex struggle of conflicting patterns of values. This conflict is the residue of evolution. As new patters evolve they come into conflict with old ones. Each stage of evolution creates in its wake a wash of problems.

Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can't reason without them.

Art is anything you can do well. Anything you can do with quality.