People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
Never mistake motion for action.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
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.
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
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.