If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
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.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
If you’re afraid – don’t do it, – if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid.
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.
If people are not laughing at you’re goal, then you’re goals are too small.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.