“A book is a machine to think with, but it need not, therefore, usurp the functions either of the bellows or the locomotive.”
“A book is a machine to think with.”
“Death is a scandal. The machine is functioning, we are all hostages”
“When the machine grinds to a halt, the cogs themselves begin wondering about their function.”
“One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt probably didn't was a lot of time thinking about the people who build their pyramids, either.”
“The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.”