I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational mind is a faithful servant.
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.
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
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.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.