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That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.

— Abhijit Naskar, Author

The cooperative structure never encourages huge bureaucratic systems, for it knows that mammoth bureaucracies cannot be sensitive to the needs of people.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist

I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

If you find yourself in a fair fight, you should reexamine your tactics.

— John Steinbeck, American Author

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.

— Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher

You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.

— Rahul Dravid, Former Indian cricketer

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.

— Jean Gebser, Swiss Philosopher

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher
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