If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
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.
Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.