Quality Tends To Fan Out Like Waves.

A Culture-bearing Book, Like A Mule, Bears The Culture On Its Back. No One Should Sit Down To Write One Deliberately. Culture-bearing Books Appear Almost Accidentally, Like A Sudden Surge In The Stock Market. There Are Books Of High Quality That Are A Part Of The Culture, But That Is Not The Same. They Are A Part Of It. They Aren't Carrying It Anywhere. They May Talk About Insanity Sympathetically, For Example, Because That's The Standard Cultural Attitude. But They Don't Carry Any Suggestion That Insanity Might Be Something Other Than Sickness Or Degeneracy.

I Think Now The Trace Of Egotism May Have Been The Beginning Of All His Troubles

It's Better Not To See Than To See Wrongly.

The Real Purpose Of The Scientific Method Is To Make Sure Nature Hasn’t Misled You Into Thinking You Know Something You Actually Don’t Know.

The Intelligence Of The Mind Can't Think Of Any Reason To Live, But It Goes On Anyway Because The Intelligence Of The Cells Can't Think Of Any Reason To Die.