Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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.
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.
You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.
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.