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Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable.
Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable.
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for read more
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.
Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued read more
Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.
It is wrong always, everywhere and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
It is wrong always, everywhere and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
I draw most of my religious beliefs from Star Wars.
I draw most of my religious beliefs from Star Wars.
Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows read more
Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; only he knows right who thinks right; only he thinks right who believes right.
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not read more
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.