That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.