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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?

— Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher

I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

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 never be overdressed or overeducated.

— Oscar Wilde, Irish Poet and Playwright

What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist

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

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 cooperative structure never encourages huge bureaucratic systems, for it knows that mammoth bureaucracies cannot be sensitive to the needs of people.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist
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