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Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.

— Abhijit Naskar, Author

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

— Victor Hugo, French Poet

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

— Niels Bohr, Danish physicist

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

— Socrates, Greek Philosopher 

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

— Annie Besant, British Theosophist

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

— Thomas Hexley, English Biologist

The solutions all are simple…after you have arrived at them. But they’re simple only when you know already what they are.

— Robert Pirsig, American Writer

Prayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing. Action is the language of truth, the prayers of the Saints.

— Mark Ruffalo, Hollywood Actor

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.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, Science Communicator

You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher
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