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In The Social Equation, The Value Of A Single Life Is Nil; In The Cosmic Equation, It Is Infinite... Not Only Communism, But Any Political Movement Which Implicitly Relies On Purely Utilitarian Ethics, Must Become A Victim To The Same Fatal Error. It Is A Fallacy As Naïve As A Mathematical Teaser, And Yet Its Consequences Lead Straight To Goya's Disasters, To The Reign Of The Guillotine, The Torture Chambers Of The Inquisition, Or The Cellars Of The Lubianka.

The Revolutions Of Thought Which Shape The Basic Outlook Of An Age Are Not Disseminated Through Text-books- They Spread Like Epidemics, Through Contamination By Invisible Agents And Innocent Germ Carriers, By The Most Varied Forms Of Contact, Or Simply By Breathing The Common Air.

Nothing Is More Sad Than The Death Of An Illusion.

You Can't Help People Being Right For The Wrong Reasons...this Fear Of Finding Oneself In Bad Company Is Not An Expression Of Political Purity; It Is An Expression Of A Lack Of Self-confidence.

The Real Achievement In Discoveries... Is Seeing An Analogy Where No One Saw One Before... The Essence Of Discovery Is That Unlikely Marriage Of Cabbages And Kings — Of Previously Unrelated Frames Of Reference Or Universes Of Discourse — Whose Union Will Solve The Previously Insoluble Problem.