The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.
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.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.