For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
Never mistake motion for action.
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.