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Every cause produces more than one effect.

— Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher

Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.

— Abhijit Naskar, Author

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

— Thomas Hexley, English Biologist

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.

— Charles Darwin, English Biologist

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

— Mark Twain, American Writer

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.

— Thomas Pynchon, American Novelist

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.

— Jean Gebser, Swiss Philosopher

I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

If you are going through hell, keep going.

— Winston Churchill, Former UK Prime Minister

I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winning Structural Biologist
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