Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
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.
To such a world of conflict, a world of victims, and executions, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift – and the rational mind is a faithful servant. – We have created a society that honors the servant – and has forgotten the gift.
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.
I don’t believe in taking right decisions. Take decisions and make them right.