The health of society thus dep...

The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.

What a sad era when it is easi...

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

You see, wire telegraph is a k...

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

I believe in intuitions and in...

I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.

Any fool can know. The point i...

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

Life is sacred, that is to say...

Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.

The most important question a ...

The most important question a person can ask is, 'Is the Universe a friendly place?

A little knowledge is a danger...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

Compound interest is the eight...

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.

Since the mathematicians have ...

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.

Real sign of intelligence isn'...

Real sign of intelligence isn't knoweldge, it's imagination

... knowledge must continually...

... knowledge must continually be renewed by ceaseless effort, if it is not to be lost. It resembles a statue of marble which stands in the desert and is continually threatened with burial by the shifting sand. The hands of service must ever be at work, in order that the marble continue to lastingly shine in the sun. To these serving hands mine shall also belong.

I believe, indeed, that overem...

I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values. I am not thinking so much of the dangers with which technical progress has directly confronted mankind, as of the stifling of mutual human considerations by a 'matter-of-fact' habit of thought which has come to lie like a killing frost upon human relations. Without 'ethical culture' there is no salvation for humanity.

Capitalism creates a huge comm...

Capitalism creates a huge community of producers who are unceasingly striving to deprive each other of the fruits of their collective labor, and an oligarchy that cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized society....the subjugation is not by force but because the privileged class has long ago established a system of values by which the people were thenceforth, to a large extent unconsciously, guided in their social behavior.

X + Y + Z
X is work.

X + Y + Z
X is work.
Y is play.
Z is keep your mouth shut.

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A brave man, whose only fault ...

A brave man, whose only fault was being a woman.

There's something to be said f...

There's something to be said for relatives...it has to be said because it's unprintable!

A man's value to the community...

A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.

All conditions and all circums...

All conditions and all circumstances in our lives are a result of a certain level of thinking. If we want to change the conditions and circumstances, we have to change the level of thinking that is responsible for it.

The important thing is to neve...

The important thing is to never stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity.