philosophy

"And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid…"

"Human beings always say they prefer peace, but it takes a saint to talk us into not assaulting our neighbors."

"A question is a trap, and an answer your foot in it."

"Socialism : An Economic and Sociological Analysis"

"The chief danger to philosophy is narrowness in the selection of evidence."

"And athletes, athletes got into uppers, college athletes. The right wing's last line of defense on campus. They're doing amphetamines. Remember when "being up for the game" was kind of a spiritual thi…"

"There's a deeper reason, though, for not striving for excellence, ... and it has to do with how we view ourselves and our endeavors in this world. Many of us recognize that not trying is a reasonable …"

"As is always the case when you are with the actual human being behind the celebrity or legend, there is something human about the man or woman that makes things less than myth."

"The distance that separates Spinoza from Descartes and Hobbes is testimony to the reality of the Spinozian anomaly in modern thought. It would be interesting to ask ourselves why this anomaly was not …"

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

"Money is a commodity … not a useless token only good for exchanging; … It differs from other commodities in being demanded mainly as a medium of exchange."

"Being trans in some ways is very similar to being an atheist, in that some people don’t grasp it. People that come from different backgrounds just , “What do you mean you don’t believe in God?” They d…"

"I figure I've done what I could do, more or less, and now I'm going back to being a chemical; all we are is a lot of talking nitrogen, you know..."

"If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself but to put myself back together again. Suicide will be for me only one means of violently reconquering myself, of brutally invading my being, of a…"

"One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in …"

"The hard core in public choice can be summarized in three presuppositions: methodological individualism, rational choice, and politics-as-exchange."

"People resent being shown that they don't approach the complexities of the problem — they don't know what exists beyond the surface ripples."

"At the Ashram I was told that the Maharshi was in the hall and anybody was free to walk in and see him. As I entered, I saw on the couch an elderly man, wearing but a loincloth, reclining against a ro…"

"But reason was only a created thing, imposed with faith upon the world, and the stars promise nothing to no one."

"An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason."