Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
Never mistake motion for action.
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
The cooperative structure never encourages huge bureaucratic systems, for it knows that mammoth bureaucracies cannot be sensitive to the needs of people.
Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.
An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.
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.
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.