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Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.
Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.
The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, read more
The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.
Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.
Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages.
Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.
Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.
The cause of freedom is the cause of God.
The cause of freedom is the cause of God.
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, read more
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
