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What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.

— Vikram Sarabhai, Indian Scientist

I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

— Thomas Edison, American Inventor

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.

— Deborah J. Lightfoot, The Wysard

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

— Victor Hugo, French Poet

I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.

— Gilles Deleuze, French Philosopher

You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

— Isaac Newton, Physicist

If you are going through hell, keep going.

— Winston Churchill, Former UK Prime Minister

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.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, Science Communicator
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