People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.
It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are happy.