The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.
Prayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing. Action is the language of truth, the prayers of the Saints.
Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.
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.
Worse than any severe mental illness, is the illness of bigotry.
It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.