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Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

— Annie Besant, British Theosophist

Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.

— Herbert Simon,American economist

I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winning Structural Biologist

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

— Ayn Rand, Russian-American Novelist

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

— Samuel Butler, English Author

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

— Oscar Wilde, Irish Poet and Playwright

The solutions all are simple…after you have arrived at them. But they’re simple only when you know already what they are.

— Robert Pirsig, American Writer

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
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