Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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.
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.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.