The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.
An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
The cooperative structure never encourages huge bureaucratic systems, for it knows that mammoth bureaucracies cannot be sensitive to the needs of people.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers which can’t be questioned.
Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.”
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.