It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely read more

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.

The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge.

The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge.

To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.

To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result read more

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied but written off as trash. The twentieth-century consumer economy has produced the first culture for which a beggar is a reminder of nothing.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away read more

During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.