Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational mind is a faithful servant.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.