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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.

— Thomas Jefferson, Former US President

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.

— Thomas Pynchon, American Novelist

If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.

— Mark Twain, American Writer

It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.

— Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher

I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.

— Deborah J. Lightfoot, The Wysard

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

— Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher

All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.

— Rudolf Steiner, Austrian Philosopher

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

— Nelson Mandela, Former South African President

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

— Thomas Hexley, English Biologist

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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