Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
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.
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.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
No Quran, no Bible, no Gita, no Cow, is greater than the human self.
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.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.