Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.
An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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.
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
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.
Every cause produces more than one effect.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.