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.
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.
Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.”
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift – and the rational mind is a faithful servant. – We have created a society that honors the servant – and has forgotten the gift.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.