The great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past. Only the adventurous can understand the greatness of the past.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilisation of knowledge.

No man of science wants merely to know. He acquires knowledge to appease his passion for discovery. He does not discover in order to know, he knows in order to discover.

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't.

Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions.

Youth is life as yet unblemished by much tragedy, but hardly by TV.