Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
The best brains of the Nation may be found on the last benches of the Classroom
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
The cooperative structure never encourages huge bureaucratic systems, for it knows that mammoth bureaucracies cannot be sensitive to the needs of people.
Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.”
That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.