Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
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.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
Never mistake motion for action.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.