A man of the Classical Age who had to live in medieval times would suffocate miserably just as a savage does in the midst of our civilisation.

— Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

The only way to remain a long-term leader of a genuinely successful company is to continually create space for others to take the recognition, reward, and work that got you to where you’re currently sitting.

— Will Larson and Tanya Reilly, Staff Engineer

The disagreements dividing Protestants from Catholics were about the internal consistency of the magical rules within their common fantasy scheme.

— Kurt Andersen, Fantasyland

A motivated skeptic asks if the evidence compels them to accept the conclusion; a motivated credulist asks if the evidence allows them to accept the conclusion.

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, How to Actually Change Your Mind (Rationality

…it would surely be irresponsible to expect average learners to become adept, all on their own, at discriminating among the gigabytes of information thrown at them every day.

— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now