Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
John Charles PolanyiIn education the appetite does indeed grow with eating. I have never known anyone to abandon study because they knew too much.
John Charles Polanyi[Intellectual courage is] the quality that allows one to believe in one's judgement in the face of disappointment and widespread skepticism. Intellectual courage is even rarer than physical courage.
John Charles PolanyiWhen, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves. Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.
John Charles Polanyi