Never memorize something that you can look up.
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.
If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.
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.
Worse than any severe mental illness, is the illness of bigotry.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers which can’t be questioned.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
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.