The intuitive mind is a sacred gift – and the rational mind is a faithful servant. – We have created a society that honors the servant – and has forgotten the gift.
Worse than any severe mental illness, is the illness of bigotry.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
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.
Every cause produces more than one effect.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.