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.
Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Go to Heaven for the climate. Hell for the company.
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.
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.
Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.”
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.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.