Do not block the way of inquiry.

The opinion which is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate, is what we mean by the truth, and the object represented in this opinion is the real.

Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.

Friends are companions on a journey who ought to help each other persevere on the road to a happier life.

-- Pythagoras

If one had the logic of Chrysippus, one would not need the gods.

-- Chrysippus of Soli

Man is by nature a political animal.

-- Aristotle

In the long run, the house always wins — unless you change the game.

-- Edward O. Thorp

Ethics is the ground of being of human community — the way of aidagara (betweenness) between person and person.

-- Tetsuro Watsuji

Language is not the work of the individual but of the community.

-- Wilhelm Wundt