Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The Most Difficult Subjects

"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."

Friday, November 12, 2010

Unbending the Curve

"Yes, to integrate the grandiose cosmic equation. Yes, to unbend the wild, primitive curve and straighten it to a tangent -- an asymptote -- a straight line. For the line of the One State is the straight line. The great, divine, exact, wise straight line -- the wisest of all lines."