The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift – and the rational mind is a faithful servant. – We have created a society that honors the servant – and has forgotten the gift.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
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.
That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
Maybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.