When you demand the nature of my motives, you reveal the style of your thinking to be callow, captious, superficial, craven, uncertain and impudent. The Languages of Pao (1958)
“Truth” is contained in the preconceptions of him who seeks to define it. Any organization of ideas whatever presupposes a judgment on the world. The Languages of Pao (1958)
There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible. The Languages of Pao (1958)
Speaking our language, you will understand us—and if you can think as another man thinks, you cannot dislike him. The Languages of Pao (1958)