Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Every cause produces more than one effect.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
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 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.
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.
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways. I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.