Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational mind is a faithful servant.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
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.
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.
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.
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.