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.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
If people are not laughing at you’re goal, then you’re goals are too small.
Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are happy.
Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.