It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
Worse than any severe mental illness, is the illness of bigotry.
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.