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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.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Writer

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

— Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.

— Abhijit Naskar, Author

Every cause produces more than one effect.

— Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

— Ayn Rand, Russian-American Novelist

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

You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.

— Rahul Dravid, Former Indian cricketer

Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

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.

— Jean Gebser, Swiss Philosopher
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