“A state without the means of some change, is without the means of its own conservation.”
“Without death, life loses its meaning - without meaning, you were already dead.”
“Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning ... except its own.”
“...there is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.”
“It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.”
“Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were slippery, unpredictable, changing their meanings without any pattern.”