That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
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.