The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only sentimental value.
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.
I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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.
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.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.