What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
Every cause produces more than one effect.
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
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.
Never mistake motion for action.
Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.
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.
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.