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

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

— Jane Austen, English Novelist

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. 

— Rahul Dravid, Former Indian cricketer

Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.

— Mary Doria Russell, American Novelist

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

To such a world of conflict, a world of victims, and executions, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

— Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

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.

— Marie Curie, Physicist and Chemist

Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.

— Douglas Adams, English Author
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