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The solutions all are simple…after you have arrived at them. But they’re simple only when you know already what they are.

— Robert Pirsig, American Writer

Prayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing. Action is the language of truth, the prayers of the Saints.

— Mark Ruffalo, Hollywood Actor

I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

— Ayn Rand, Russian-American Novelist

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

— Steve Allen, Actor

Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.

— CV Raman, Indian Physicist

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

— Socrates, Greek Philosopher 

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

— Oscar Wilde, Irish Poet and Playwright

Every cause produces more than one effect.

— Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher

All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.

— Rudolf Steiner, Austrian Philosopher
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