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Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.

— Abhijit Naskar, Author

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

— Niels Bohr, Danish physicist

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.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.

— Mark Twain, American Writer

You cannot conquer a free man. The most you can do is kill him.

— Robert Heinlein, American Author

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.

— Max Planck, German Theoretical Physicist

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.

— Jean Gebser, Swiss Philosopher

I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Writer

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

— Robert G. Ingersoll, American Lawyer
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