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What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?

— Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

— Socrates, Greek Philosopher 

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

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winning Structural Biologist

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

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

— Mark Twain, American Writer

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

If people are not laughing at you’re goal, then you’re goals are too small.

— Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro

Maybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind. 

— Ben Okri,  Nigerian Poet and Novelist

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

— Isaac Asimov, American Writer and Professor

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

— Lars Von Trier,  Danish film director
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