You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.
That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.