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What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only sentimental value.

— Jean Gebser, Swiss Philosopher

I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent. 

— Rahul Dravid, Former Indian cricketer

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

— Charles Darwin, English Biologist

Never memorize something that you can look up.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.

— Jonah Lehrer, American Novelist

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

— E.M. Forster, English Novelist

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

— Charles Darwin, English Biologist

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.

— Georg W.H. Hegel, German philosopher

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.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist

Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.”

— Abhijit Naskar, Author
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