The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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.
I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers which can’t be questioned.
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.
You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.
The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.