The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
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.
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.
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.