Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
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.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational mind is a faithful servant.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.