We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must use certain meanings or definitions. But no ….

Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom..

Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction..

Poetry is a perfectly reasonable means of overcoming chaos..

We believe a scientist because he can substantiate his remarks, not because he is eloquent and forcible in his enunciation. In fact, we distrust him….

In the simplest formulation, when we use a metaphor we have two thoughts of different things active together and supported by a single word, or phras….

It is never what a poem says that matters, but what it is..

A book is a machine to think with..