Unless man have a natural bent in accordance with nature's, he has no chance of understanding nature at all.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

My language is the sum total of myself.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

We should chiefly depend not upon that department of the soul which is most superficial and fallible (our reason), but upon that department that is deep and sure, which is instinct.

Esoteric things progress not according to time, but by activity, they can be slow or quick, depending upon the efforts made.

Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions by means of reason.

Do not complain of life's unfairness. It is never fair - at best it is impartial.

A moment in time is never dead.

I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.

A man who prays much in private will make short prayers in public.

I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.

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Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity.

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