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.
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.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
The solutions all are simple…after you have arrived at them. But they’re simple only when you know already what they are.
I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!
Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.