The First Precept Was Never To Accept

There Is Nothing So Strange And So Unbelievable That It Has Not Been Said By One Philosopher Or Another.

I Was Convinced That Our Beliefs Are Based Much More On Custom And Example Than On Any Certain Knowledge.

The Reading Of All Good Books Is Like A Conversation With The Finest Minds Of Past Centuries.

Intuition Is The Undoubting Conception Of A Pure And Attentive Mind, Which Arises From The Light Of Reason Alone, And Is More Certain Than Deduction.

Common Sense Is The Most Widely Shared Commodity In The World, For Every Man Is Convinced That He Is Well Supplied With It.