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Infinite is a meaningless word: except – it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition. ↗
A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. ↗
The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies. ↗
Do you know, André, I sometimes think that you have no heart.' 'Presumably because I sometimes betray intelligence. ↗
He was a volatile mixture of confidence and vulnerability. He could deliver extended monologues on professional matters, then promptly stop in his tracks to peer inquisitively into his guest's eyes for signs of boredom or mockery, being intelligent enough to be unable fully to believe in his own claims to significance. He might, in a past life, have been a particularly canny and sharp-tongued royal advisor. ↗
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Personally, I don’t think there's intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different from this one? ↗
But perhaps he had enough animal strength and detached intelligence that he could make another start. ↗
