In A War A Totalitarian State Has

Events And Developments, Such As ... The Copernican Revolution, ... Occurred Only Because Some Thinkers Either Decided Not To Be Bound By Certain "obvious" Methodological Rules, Or Because They Unwittingly Broke Them.

The World We Inhabit Is Abundant Beyond Our Wildest Imagination. There Are Trees, Dreams, Sunrises; There Are Thunderstorms, Shadows, Rivers; There Are Wars, Flea Bites, Love Affairs; There Are The Lives Of People, Gods, Entire Galaxies. The Simplest Human Action Varies From One Person And Occasion To The Next-how Else Would We Recognize Our Friends Only From Their Gait, Posture, Voice, And Divine Their Changing Moods? Only A Tiny Fraction Of This Abundance Affects Our Minds. This Is A Blessing, Not A Drawback.

All Religions Are Good 'in Principle' - But Unfortunately This Abstract Good Has Only Rarely Prevented Their Practitioners From Behaving Like Bastards.

The Best Education Consists In Immunizing People Against Systematic Attempts At Education.

No Theory Ever Agrees With All The Facts In Its Domain, Yet It Is Not Always The Theory That Is To Blame. Facts Are Constituted By Older Ideologies, And A Clash Between Facts And Theories May Be Proof Of Progress. It Is Also A First Step In Our Attempt To Find The Principles Implicit In Familiar Observational Notions.