Quote #206
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
Quote #14212
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
Quote #3733
There is nothing more practical than a good theory.
Quote #24299
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits....
Quote #4292
I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.
Quote #19316
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
Quote #31158
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present,...
Quote #33966
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may...
Quote #1550
The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits...
Quote #19285
I don’t care what is written about me so long as it isn’t true.