Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.

We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them.

Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.

Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination.

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree.

Consistency is a virtue for trains.