Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
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.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you should reexamine your tactics.
The solutions all are simple…after you have arrived at them. But they’re simple only when you know already what they are.
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.