Multiplicity

One of nature's immutable laws is
Things have multiple causes.

Piet Hein

force, gravity

Hence no force, however great,
can stretch a cord, however fine,
into a horizontal line
which is accurately straight....

William Whewell

Thin Partitions

Great wits are sure to madness near allied
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

John Dryden



Rembrance and reflection
How allied
What thin partitions
Sense from thought divide.

Alexander Pope

Faith

Ideology is a form of brain damage.


Lionel Tiger

What we have to fear.

There is nothng more frightful than ignorance in action.


Goethe

Creativity

Masculinity is the most creative force in history.


Camille Paglia

Education

Human history becomes more and more a race
between education and catastrophe.

H. G. Wells