Unquestioning obedience is hailed as a great virtue only by those leaders whose commands are highly questionable.

Laws should act as the lower limits of acceptable behavior, not as a guide to noble action.

Darwinian evolution has obviously not had enough time to work.

Turning a blind eye to reality is consistent with the pursuit of beauty in myth, but is inconsistent with the pursuit of beauty in truth.

It is said that to know you do not know is the beginning of wisdom. But that does not mean that to not know is the end of wisdom.

Seeing may be believing, but, in order to understand what you are seeing, logic is necessary.

There is more to life, and less to the traditional explanations of it, than meets the eye unaided by reason.

Speak the truth and you will be conspicuous. The human race loves novelty.

Always do right and you’ll always have too much to do.

That is what philosophers are good for: stating the obvious that no one else is emotionally willing to admit.