An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Go to Heaven for the climate. Hell for the company.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.