Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
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.
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.
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.