Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
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.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
I don’t believe in taking right decisions. Take decisions and make them right.
I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers which can’t be questioned.
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.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.
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.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.