You shouldn't take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

Poets do not go mad, but chess players do.

Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.