APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS 



Thought is existence. More than that, so far as 

 we are concerned, existence is thought, all our con- 

 ceptions of existence being some kind or other of 

 thought. 



It is enough for all the practical purposes of human 

 existence if we find that pur trust in the representa- 

 tions of consciousness is verified by results ; and 

 that, by their help, we are enabled "to walk sure- 

 footedly in this life." 



It is because the body is a machine that education 

 is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a 

 superinducing of an artificial organisation upon the 

 natural organisation of the body ; so that acts, 

 which at first required a conscious effort, eventually 

 became unconscious and mechanical. 



I protest that if some great Power would agree to 

 make me always think what is true and do what is 

 right, on condition of being turned into a sort of 

 clock and wound up every morning before I got 

 out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. 



The only freedom I care about is the freedom to 

 do right ; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to 

 part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will 

 take it of me. 



