Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.

The difficulty is that, so long as unreason prevails, a solution of our troubles can only be reached by chance; for while reason, being impersonal, makes universal co-operation possible, unreason, since it represents private passions, makes strife inevitable. It is for this reason that rationality, in the sense of an appeal to a universal and impersonal standard of truth, is of supreme importance to the well-being of the human species.

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is a name.

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.