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What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when read more
What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
Logic is the anatomy of thought.
Logic is the anatomy of thought.
Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.
Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
Love is a decision - not an emotion
Love is a decision - not an emotion
People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According read more
People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a read more
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its read more
Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.
