Maybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
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.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.
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.