We can see the futility of art for art’s sake. But we should be open to art—for man’s sake.

Truman G. Madsen in The Highest in Us

You can't go on defending your patterns of reasoning forever. There comes a point where faith takes over.

Douglas Hofstadter, in Gödel, Escher, Bach

"We like to think that we value individuality, but all too often we admire one type of individual,"

--Susan Cain in Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking