Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
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.
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.
To such a world of conflict, a world of victims, and executions, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
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.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.