Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
The solutions all are simple…after you have arrived at them. But they’re simple only when you know already what they are.
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.
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.
You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.