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Ideas are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny."
Little things to make you think.
''A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.'' ''Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.''
The only stupid question is the question you don't ask If you lose your temper, you’ve lost the argument. The greatest strength is gentleness.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity
A great many people think they are thinking when they are acutally rearranging their prejudices
All for one; and one for all
The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them You laugh at me because I am different, but I laugh at you because you are all the same
The percent likelihood of a society becoming physically violent if it is physically affectionate towards its infants and tolerant of premarital sexual behavior is 2 percent. The probability of this relationship occurring by chance is 125,000 to one. I am not aware of any other developmental variable that has such a high degree of predictive validity
If everything is under control, you are going too slow If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ‘God is crying’. And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ‘Probably because of something you did
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest Faith: not wanting to know what is true
Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether its conclusions resemble what actually happens
Men are like steel. when they lose their temper, they lose their worth
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. Opportunities multiply as they are seized A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo Wit is educated insolence Criticism is prejudice made plausible
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away I would like to be able to admire a man’s opinions as I would his dog - without being expected to take it home with me
The hard part is not deciding on an idea,. Its making those around you realise its the right choice for you.
When you think you educate your mind. When you speak you educate others.
Love is like fire, it burns too much to let go.
