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Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

— Robert G. Ingersoll, American Lawyer

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.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist

I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.

— David Packard, Co- founder of HP

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

— Carl Sagan, American Astronomer

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

— Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

If you find yourself in a fair fight, you should reexamine your tactics.

— John Steinbeck, American Author

You cannot conquer a free man. The most you can do is kill him.

— Robert Heinlein, American Author

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

— Thomas Pynchon, American Novelist

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

— Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.

— Max Planck, German Theoretical Physicist
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