Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
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.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
If you’re afraid – don’t do it, – if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
Maybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind.