It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational mind is a faithful servant.
The cooperative structure never encourages huge bureaucratic systems, for it knows that mammoth bureaucracies cannot be sensitive to the needs of people.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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.
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.