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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

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

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

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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

— Socrates, Greek Philosopher 

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.

— Jean Gebser, Swiss Philosopher

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

— Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher

Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.

— Dan Brown, Author

Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.

— Abhijit Naskar, Author

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.

— Gilles Deleuze, French Philosopher

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

— Isaac Newton, Physicist
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